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Moonlight Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10258127
MAS/MILS ID 0040030142
Record type Site
Current site name Moonlight Mine
Alternate or previous names Arizona Group, Garnet and Moonlight Groups, Joe Escapule Mine, Garnet Group, Coronado Nf Dragoon Unit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -109.94256, 31.85093 (WGS84)
Elevation 2024
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Diamond Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(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 Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 018 S 023 E 24 SE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Lead Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Silver Secondary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -109.94256, 31.85093
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1942
Year of first production 1942

Mining district

District name Middle Pass District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Joe M. Escapule
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1955
  • Type Operator
    Owner Charles Lamm
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1955

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Description Zinc-Silver Ore 110 Mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1973, ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 187, P. 68.

  • Deposit

    ROMSLO, T. M., 1955, UNPUB. USBM REPORT FOR DMEA-3907, P. 5.

  • Deposit

    BRYNER, LEONARD, 1955, UNPUB. USGS REPORT FOR DMEA-3907,

  • Deposit

    P. 3.

  • Deposit

    CHATMAN, M. L., 1993, USBM OFR MLA 30-93, P. 35-36, D121-22.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-JAN-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

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