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Burrito De Fierro Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10137103
MRDS ID M241050
MAS/MILS ID 0040030109
Record type Site
Current site name Burrito De Fierro Mine
Alternate or previous names Dragoon Mtns. Rare Ii
Related records 10104059

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.06036, 31.94483 (WGS84)
Elevation 1472
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Knob Hill(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 017 S 022 E 24 E2 NW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.06036, 31.94483
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1956

Mining district

District name Middle Pass District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Ligier
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Perevill And Danvers

Production statistics

  • Year 1956
    Description Ore 41 Mt
  • Year 1958
    Description Ore 29 Mt
  • Year 1959
    Description Ore 69 Mt
  • Year 1960
    Description Ore 31 Mt
  • Year 1964
    Description Ore 42 Mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1973, ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 187, P. 63.

  • Deposit

    KREIDLER, T. J., 1981, USBM OFR MLA 35-82, 8 P.

  • Deposit

    CHATMAN, M. L., 1993, USBM OFR MLA 30-93, P. 38, D30.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-JAN-94 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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