| Deposit ID | 10102423 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M001709 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Easter Sunday Mine |
| Related records | 10234259 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.83148, 31.42958 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Cochise(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bisbee NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Douglas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Whitewater Draw(hydrologic unit)
Rio De Bavispe(hydrologic accounting unit)
Sonora(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Cochise |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 023S | 025E | 17 | NW OF SW | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silica | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Quartzite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Morita Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Morita Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -109.83148, 31.42958 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Gold Hill District |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M001709 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040030605 |
KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 86.
USGS PP 21, 1904, P.119
PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.
CIMRI
KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FREE GOLD, AURIFEROUS PYRITE, AND CALCITE IN A FRACTURED QUARTZITE BED. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1972 | Gere, W. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-NOV-1980 | Zigler, Jan L. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1982 | Laraba, Peter (Gest, Don E.) | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology | |
| Updater | 01-JUN-1993 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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