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Lead Carbonate Mine

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108970
MRDS ID M000276
Record type Site
Current site name Lead Carbonate Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.64374, 31.87291 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 30 MILES SE OF TUCSON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Empire Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rillito(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(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 Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 018S 017E 18 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SECTION 18.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Lead Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.64374, 31.87291
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Replacement Is Near The Contact With Laramide Intrusive.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1901
Year of last production 1930

Mining district

District name Empire District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1930
    Period 1900 - 1930
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^20 % Pb, 3 Oz. Ag/Ton, Minor Cu, Zn, Ag.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 95g/mt
    Ore Lead Lead 20wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED SINCE EARLY 1900'S AND IN 1924 - 1930 .

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND TUNNELS.

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED MEXICAN LEASEES, E.P. HILTON

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 119

  • Production

    ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 119 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) 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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