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Elzo #4 Mine

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109819
MRDS ID M800072
Record type Site
Current site name Elzo #4 Mine
Related records 10162212

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.34236, 31.61624 (WGS84)
Relative position 1/2 MILE NW OF BACK BONE MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arivaca(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brawley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 021S 010E 8 NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • PROSPECT IN CENTER OF NW CORNER SECTION 8 ASSUMED, MILS LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NEARBY BACKBONE MINE CONTAINS AURIFEROUS GALENA, ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Surface Enrichment By Oxidation, Weathering

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Amado Granite
    Rock description Amado Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.34236, 31.61624
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINE NOT MENTIONED IN ABGMT 189. AMADO AREA DESCRIPTION USED, AND BACKBONE MINE, M050510.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1935
Year of last production 1940

Mining district

District name Amado District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Elzo Mining Co

Comments on development

  • 2 YEARS PRODUCTION ONLY, 1935, 1940

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT 189, P. 103-104

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Gest, Don E. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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