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Dixie Mine

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Emery, Copper, Lead, Silver, 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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10210318
MRDS ID TC39705
MAS/MILS ID 0040230163
Record type Site
Current site name Dixie Mine
Alternate or previous names Coronado Nf, Part 12, Santa Rita Mt, Unit, Az, Usbm Ofr Mla 11-94., Dixie Queen
Related records 10064825

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.89208, 31.62903 (WGS84)
Elevation 1830
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Hopkins(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(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 Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 021 S 015 E 08 NENE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Emery Secondary
Copper Secondary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.89208, 31.62903
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Date of Last Modification 941006

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Year of first production 1911

Mining district

District name Wrightson

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Power; Johston; Elliott; Altamirano And Goodsell
    Year 1975
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Lenon And Wilson
    Year 1975

Production statistics

  • Year 1953
    Period 1911-1953
    Description 1911-53 17% Pb, 7 Oz/T Ag, 0.5% Cu, +Au 310 Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Copper Copper 1wt-pct
    Major Lead Lead 17wt-pct
    Major Silver Silver 221g/mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH S B 1975 AZBM BULL 191 P 89

  • Deposit

    ABM CLIPPING FILE

  • Deposit

    AZBM CARD FILE SANTA CRUZ CTY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-OCT-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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