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Red Berry and Hidden Tunnel Mines

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102401
MRDS ID M000424
Record type Site
Current site name Red Berry and Hidden Tunnel Mines
Related records 10210850

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.79485, 31.72041 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position JUST N OF CAVE CREEK CANYON, 11 MILES N OF PATAGONIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Wrightson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rillito(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 020S 015E 10 CENTER OF E OF SE4 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1965)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.79485, 31.72041
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SPOTTY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1947

Mining district

District name Greaterville District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1947
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^Averaged 0.8% Cu, 2.5 Oz. Ag Per Ton, And Trace Of Au Per Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 71g/mt

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SHAFT OPERATIONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ CO., ARIZ., ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 191, P. 55

  • Production

    KEITH, 1975

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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