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Waterfall Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109829
MRDS ID M800108
Record type Site
Current site name Waterfall Mine
Related records 10259518

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.61373, 31.88374 (WGS84)
Relative position SE SLOPE OF EMPIRE MOUNTAINS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Narrows(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 9 SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • ASSUMED BETWEEN TWO ADITS 100 YARDS APART, MILS LOCATION ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NEARBY GRAVEYARD MINE CONTAINS COPPER CARBONATES

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.61373, 31.88374
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Faulted And Overthrusted Blocks Of Sediments

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults And Fissures

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINE NOT MENTIONED IN ABGMT 189, EMPIRE DISTRICT DESCRIPTION USED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1958
Year of last production 1958

Mining district

District name Empire District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Paul Herber Man

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT 189, P. 117

  • 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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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