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Unnamed Adit In Blumberg Canyon

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities 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. 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 10283082
MAS/MILS ID 0040030004
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Adit In Blumberg Canyon
Alternate or previous names Eureka Lower Adit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -109.29424, 31.99513 (WGS84)
Elevation 1936
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rustler Park(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 016 S 030 E 32 NE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -109.29424, 31.99513
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name California District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRITTAIN R L 1954 UNPUB U OF ARIZ MS THESIS 97 P

  • Deposit

    BROWN S D 1993 USBM OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 12-93, 188 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADIT WITH MORE THAN 850 FT OF DEVELOPMENT ON MAIN LEVEL, AT LEAST 2 INACCESSIBLE LOWER LEVELS, STOPING OF UNKNOWN EXTENT. MAJOR ORE MINERALS ARE GALENA, SPHALERITE, AND CHALCOPYRITE. TWO SAMPLES FROM A VEIN AT THE BOTTOM OF A STOPE ASSAYED 12.7 AND 12.8% LEAD, 7.8 AND 1.0% ZINC, AND 1.9 AND 36.0 OZ/SHORT TON SILVER. THE MINERALS IN THE VEIN OCCUR IRREGULARLY. HOST ROCK IS LIMESTONE, ALTERED LIMESTONE, AND MARBLE. ADIT LIKELY HAD SMALL PRODUCTION OF LEAD, ZINC, AND SILVER; POSSIBLE COPPER; NO RECORDS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-JUL-1993 Brown, Don U.S. Bureau of Mines

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