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Shaft, Open Cut, Adit

Prospect in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodity Strontium
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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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10258711
MAS/MILS ID 0040030256
Record type Site
Current site name Shaft, Open Cut, Adit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -109.19124, 31.93623 (WGS84)
Elevation 1662
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

Portal(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(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 Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 017 S 031 E 20 NE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Strontium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -109.19124, 31.93623
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name California District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PORTAL QUAD

  • Deposit

    BROWN S D 1993 USBM OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 12-93

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHAFT, MEASURED 61 FT DEEP, ADJACENT TO OPEN CUT ABOUT 20 FT DIAMETER WITH CONNECTING 12 FT ADIT. AT SHAFT, LIMESTONE AND IGNEOUS PORPHYRY ROCK ON DUMP, MINOR DISSEMINATED PYRITE. AT OPEN CUT, HIGHLY OXIDIZED, ALTERED, BRECCIATED LIMESTONE, HEMATITE, MANGANESE STAINS, NOTABLE STRONTIUM PRESENT. UNLIKELY ANY PRODUCTION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-JUL-1993 Brown, Don 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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