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Horace Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104060
MRDS ID M241054
Record type Site
Current site name Horace Mine
Related records 10209414

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.18508, 32.00069 (WGS84)
Elevation 1420
Relative position APPROX. 1 1/2 MI SE OF BLUE MTN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blue Mountain(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 016S 031E 32 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SEC 32, UTM EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LEAD AND COPPER CARBONATES AND OXIDES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Escabrosa Limestone And Paradise Formation;Naco Group
    Rock description Escabrosa Limestone And Paradise Formation;Naco Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.18508, 32.00069
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Strike On Sediments, 30-35sw

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • OREBODIES IN FOLDED AND FAULTED, SILICIFIED LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name California District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Douglas And Cross, Mcclellan,
    First year 1973

Comments on the production information

  • MORE THAN 60 TONS OF ORE SHIPPED IN 1917-1918.

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT, ADIT, AND SHAFT WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 53.

  • Deposit

    COOPER, 1959, USGS MAP MF-213

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IN FOLDED AND FAULTED, SILICIFIED LIMESTONE.
Deposit SEE HARRIS MOUNTAIN GROUP FOR ADJOINING MINES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1982 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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