Lead Lily Shaft

Prospect in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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 10185731
MAS/MILS ID 0040030003
Record type Site
Current site name Lead Lily Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -109.28754, 31.99233 (WGS84)
Elevation 2021
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rustler Park(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 016 S 030 E 33 C W2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -109.28754, 31.99233

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name California District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN S D 1983 USBM OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 12-93, 188 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHAFT CAVED, MAY HAVE HAD 80 FT OF WORKINGS JUDGING FROM SIZE OF DUMP. ORE MATERIAL ON DUMP INCLUDED GALENA, SPHALERITE, AND MALACHITE; A SAMPLE OF THIS ORE ASSAYED 16.7% LEAD, 3.41% ZINC, AND 10.2 OZ/SHORT TON SILVER. A SMALL TRENCH ADJACENT TO SHAFT WITH CHALCOPYRITE, CHALCOCITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE, AND MALACHITE ON THE DUMP. COUNTRY ROCK ALTERED LIMESTONE. THREE SHORT ADITS NORTHEAST OF LEAD LILY SHAFT WITH SPARSE OCCURRENCES OF GALENA AND SPHALERITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-JUL-1993 Brown, Don U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.