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Florida Mine Group

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104062
MRDS ID M241061
Record type Site
Current site name Florida Mine Group
Related records 10137257

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.1201, 31.65236 (WGS84)
Elevation 1303
Relative position APPROX 6 MI SW OF TOMBSTONE

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)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 020S 022E 32 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • CENTRAL SECTION 32 UTM EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.1201, 31.65236
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SEAMS, VIENLETS, IRREGULAR
    Length 60.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1941
Discoverer A.B. Rodriguez

Mining district

District name Tombstone District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Arizona Materials And Serivce Co.
    First year 1954
  • Type Owner
    Owner Rodriguez, A. B. And Mason, W. C.

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT PRODUCED AROUND 1954.

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 75.

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 7990, P. 36

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOFT MANGANESE OXIDES ALONG FISSURES IN LIMESTONE.

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.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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