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Nevada and Mascot Mines

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  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 10280504
MRDS ID M050511
MAS/MILS ID 0040030300
Record type Site
Current site name Nevada and Mascot Mines
Alternate or previous names Coronado Nf Whetstone Unit
Related records 10039621

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.42927, 31.78183 (WGS84)
Elevation 1850
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

Apache Peak(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

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 019 S 019 E 20 NW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.42927, 31.78183
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1870
Year of first production 1918

Mining district

District name Whetstone

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Galen And Newman
    Year 1973
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Mascot Mining Co
    Year 1973

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Description Copper Ore 1045 St
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 1151.91mt
  • Year 1959
    Description Last Year Of Record 001 Production

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1973, ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 187, P. 91.

  • Deposit

    MCCOLLY, R. A., AND SCOTT, D. C., 1982, USBM OFR MLA 192-82,

  • Deposit

    P. 5.

  • Deposit

    WRUKE, C. T. ET AL, 1983, USGS MFS MAP MS-1614-A, 1:48000

  • Deposit

    SCALE MAP AND PAMPHLET, PLATE 1.

  • Deposit

    CHATMAN, M. L., 1994, USBM OFR MLA 2-94, P. 10.

  • Deposit

    DERUYTER, V. D., 1979, GEOL. OF THE GRANITE PEAK STOCK AREA,

  • Deposit

    WHETSTONE MTNS., MS THESIS, UNIV. ARIZ., P. 108, FIG. 2.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-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.