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Grace Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver
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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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10185611
MRDS ID D003003
MAS/MILS ID 0040030148
Record type Site
Current site name Grace Mine
Related records 10107863

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -109.12813, 31.90373 (WGS84)
Elevation 1487
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

Portal(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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 031 E 36 C E2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -109.12813, 31.90373
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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

Mining district

District name California District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH S B 1973 ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 187 P 52

  • Deposit

    USGS PORTAL QUAD

  • Deposit

    BROWN, S D 1993 USBM OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 12-93

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 110-FT-DEEP SHAFT, 230 FT OF DRIFTING ON 2 LEVELS; ADJACENT ADIT AT LEAST 100 FT LONG. LIMESTONE, SEVERAL FAULTS AND FRACTURE ZONES, SPOTTY GALENA AND SPHALERITE, MINOR MALACHITE. NO PRODUCTION RECORDS, ANY PRODUCTION WOULD HAVE BEEN SMALL. A SELECT SAMPLE FROM DUMP OF SHAFT ASSAYED 2,298 PPM COPPER, 4.5% LEAD, 15.9% ZINC, 110 PPB GOLD, AND 27.2 PPM SILVER. IN 1990 NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION PROPOSED TO DRILL 4 HOLES IN THIS AREA TO AUGMENT A SURFACE MINERAL EXPLORATION PROGRAM FOR A PRECIOUS METALS TARGET. IN 1991 THE COMPANY WITHDREW ITS APPLICATION TO DRILL EXPLORATORY HOLES BECAUSE OF PUBLIC OPPOSITION TO MINING ACTIVITY IN THIS AREA, AND BECAUSE OF A BILL PUT BEFORE CONGRESS TO WITHDRAW APPROX. 13,000 ACRES IN THE CORONADO NATIONAL FOREST FROM MINING AND MINERAL LEASING LAWS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-JUL-93 ADMR/Brown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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