Adits and Shaft

Prospect in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodity Gold
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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10186131
MAS/MILS ID 0040090041
Record type Site
Current site name Adits and Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -109.90816, 32.63071 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graham(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Webb Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Safford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willcox Playa(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 Graham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 009 S 024 E 20 S2SE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -109.90816, 32.63071

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 3 ADITS FROM 75 TO 95 FT LONG, A 20 FT DEEP SHAFT, 3 PROSPECT PITS. APPARENTLY GOLD PROSPECTS; GOLD WAS DETECTED IN 8 OF 13 SAMPLES TAKEN FROM THE WORKINGS WITH THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION 2,200 PPB. LOW CONCENTRATIONS OF OTHER METALS. WORKINGS EXPLORED FAULT ZONES, NARROW QUARTZ VEINS, AND A MAFIC DIKE IN PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE AND ALTERED GRANITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS WEBB PEAK QUAD

  • Deposit

    BROWN, S. D., 1993, MINERAL APPRAISAL OF THE CORONADO

  • Deposit

    NATIONAL FOREST, PART 1, PINALENO-GREASEWOOD MOUNTAINS

  • Deposit

    UNIT, GRAHAM COUNTY, ARIZONA: USBM OPEN-FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    9-93, 76 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-JUL-93 ADMR/Brown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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