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Buena Vista Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodity 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. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10161352
MRDS ID M241045
MAS/MILS ID 0040030107
Record type Site
Current site name Buena Vista Mine
Alternate or previous names Buena Vista and Horse Fall Mines, Horse Fall Mine, Fourr Canyon, Coronado Nf Dragoon Unit
Related records 10046200

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.02096, 31.96843 (WGS84)
Elevation 1670
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)

Federal lands

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

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 023 E 08 C S2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.02096, 31.96843
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1914

Mining district

District name Middle Pass District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1914
    Description Zinc Ore 29 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Zinc Zinc 29mt
  • Year 1939
    Description Zinc Ore 39 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Zinc Zinc 39mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    CHATMAN, M. L., 1993, USBM OFR MLA 30-93, P. 38, D29.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNSTABLE RIBS IN ADIT MAY POSE HUMAN HAZARD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-JAN-1994 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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