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Ground Hog Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104080
MRDS ID M241140
Record type Site
Current site name Ground Hog Mine
Related records 10046264, 10282456

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.09122, 31.6743 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position APPROX. 3 MI. SSW OF TOMBSTONE., Accurate Within 0.25 Miles.

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

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 020S 022E 22 SW4 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR AJAX HILL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BARITE IS WHITE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Silver Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Bisbee Group Limestone Strikes Nne, Dips 25-30 W Near Mine

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Bisbee Group Limestones;
    Rock description Bisbee Group Limestones;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.09122, 31.6743
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • STRONGLY OXIDIZED SILVER-BEARING MINERALIZATION ALONG FAULT ZONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tombstone Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Alanco Ltd.
    First year 1986

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED ORE IN THE LATE 1880'S AND IN 1935. USBM-ABGMT DATA DOES NOT INCLUDE 1880'S PRODUCTION.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND SURFACE WORKINGS. WORKINGS ARE EXTENSIVE.

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY WAS OPERATED BY N.J. KULINOVICH IN 1935. DURING THE PERIOD OF 1984-1986, ALANCO DID UNDERGROUND REHABILITATION AND SAMPLING, AS WELL AS SURFACE DRILLING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 76.

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 143, 1938.

  • Deposit

    NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD TC10238 WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit STRONGLY OXIDIZED SILVER-BEARING MINERALIZATION ALONG FAULT ZONE IN LIMESTONE. WHITE BARITE VEINLETS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-80 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-92 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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