Mineral Park Mines

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104047
MRDS ID M241011
Record type Site
Current site name Mineral Park Mines
Alternate or previous names Gold Slope, Maria
Related records 10233711

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.62565, 32.23345 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position APPROX 4 MI NNW OF DOS CABEZAS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Simmons Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 014S 027E 07 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SEC 7 UTM ACC ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Talc Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Epidotized And Chloritized Volcanics

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Granitic Plug.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IN ALTERED LARAMIDE VOLCANICS INTRUDED BY LARAMIDE GRANITIC PLUG.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1935

Mining district

District name Silver Camp District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gold Slope Mng Co, Park Mng And Mllng Co, Maria Copper Co, Mineral Park Gold Mng Co.

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED DURING LATE 1880'S MAINLY AND A FEW HUNDRED TONS OF ORE PRODUCED INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1915 TO 1935.

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS SMALL WORKINGS FROM TUNNELS AND SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 62.

  • Deposit

    COOPER, J. R., 1960, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-231.

  • Deposit

    DREWES, HARALD, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED DATA, 1977-1980.

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IN ALTERED LARAMIDE VOLCANICS INTRUDED BY LARAMIDE PLUG.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1981 Gest, Don E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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