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San Pedro Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Manganese, Copper
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102418
MRDS ID M001412
Record type Site
Current site name San Pedro Mine
Alternate or previous names San Pedro Leasing Co.
Related records 10112898

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.11427, 31.70374 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 1/2 MI. SW OF TOMBSTONE, ARIZ.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tombstone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 20S 22E 08 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 SEC. 8. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Manganese Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Chronological age 72
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Chronological age 72

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.11427, 31.70374
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 80NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Fissure Vein, N30e, 80nw

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tombstone District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS OF ORE PRODUCED IN THE 1880'S AND 1890'S. A SPORADIC PRODUCTION OF ABOUT 2900 TONS FROM 1936 TO 1950. 1936 & 1937 FIGURES INCLUDED WITH BONANZA FIGURES IN ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT WORKINGS ON 3 LEVELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZ. B. M. BULL. 143, 1938, P.102, PL. 3

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 78.

  • Deposit

    MARVIN, STERN, CREASEY, AND MEHNERT, 1973, USGS BULL 1379

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IN OXIDIZED FAULT FISSURE VEIN IN QUARTZ LATITE PORPHYRY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-NOV-1981 Gest, Don E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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