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Ben Lomand Mines

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109014
MRDS ID M002332
Record type Site
Current site name Ben Lomand Mines
Alternate or previous names McKay
Related records 10210837

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.13683, 32.04928 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Relative position 8 MILES SSW OF QUIJOTOA TRADING POST

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ben Nevis Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon Wash(hydrologic unit)

Rio Sonoyta(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sonora(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 016S 002E 11 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • E CENTER SECTION 11 . PAPAGO INDIAN RESERVATION

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.13683, 32.04928
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SPOTTY, POCKETY, NARROW, IRREGULAR, LENSES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885

Production statistics

  • Year 1889
    Period 1880 - 1889
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^10 Oz Au/Ton, 20 Oz Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 633g/mt
    Major Ore Gold Gold 316g/mt
  • Year 1932
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^10 Oz Au/Ton, 3 Oz Ag/Ton, Minor Pb And Cu.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 316g/mt
    Ore Silver Silver 95g/mt

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL AND SHAFT WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE IN 1925, WHEN PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE NOT AVAILABLE, AND IN 1932, AS WELL AS IN THE 1890'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 139

  • Production

    ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 139 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880-1890
Deposit 14 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-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.

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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