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Tombstone Leach Facilities

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10258083
MAS/MILS ID 0040030080
Record type Site
Current site name Tombstone Leach Facilities

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.07006, 31.68263 (WGS84)
Elevation 1593
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tombstone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 020 S 022 E 14 SE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.07006, 31.68263
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Leach
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner 71 Minerals Ltd
    ID 201521

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    US MSHA 1978 METAL-NONMETAL MINE FILE REFERENCE

  • Deposit

    US MSHA 1978 METAL-NONMETAL MINE INFORMATION SUPPLEMENT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 05/02/1985
MSHA mine ID0201521
Mine name (MSHA)Contention Mine
Current operatorTombstone Exploration Inc
Current controller (parent)Schloss Tom
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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