Unnamed Adit

Prospect in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10210144
MAS/MILS ID 0040090040
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Adit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.11427, 32.7493 (WGS84)
Elevation 1613
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graham(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blue Jay Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-San Carlos Reservoir(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 Graham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 008 S 022 E 17 NE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.11427, 32.7493

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BLUE JAY PEAK QUAD

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NATIONAL FOREST, PART 1, PINALENO-GREASEWOOD MOUNTAINS

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MLA 8-93, 76 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADIT APPROXIMATELY 250 FT LONG, FOLLOWS APHANITIC, DARK GRAY DIKE, ABOUT 3 FT THICK, WITH INTERMIXED QUARTZ STRINGERS AND VEINS UP TO 2 FT THICK, STRIKE N. 50 E., DIP 70 SE. PYRITE AND OXIDIZED PYRITE IN QUARTZ. COUNTRY ROCK MEDIUM-COARSE GRAINED GRANITE. A SELECT SAMPLE OF QUARTZ WITH PYRITE ASSAYED 1,460 PPB GOLD AND 27.8 PPM SILVER. ADIT WAS NOT MAPPED AND SAMPLED DUE TO DANGEROUS ROCK CONDITIONS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-AUG-1993 Brown, Don 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.