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Golden Gate Group

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, 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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10283576
MRDS ID M050041
MAS/MILS ID 0040190233
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Gate Group
Alternate or previous names Golden Gate Mine Group, Coronado Nf, Part 12, Santa Rita Mt, U S Grant, Arrastra Mine Group ?., Golden Gate Mine, Amerco Mine, Gold, Fish Mine, Lexington Mine., Unit, Az, Usbm Ofr Mla 11-94.
Related records 10039408

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.76128, 31.80153 (WGS84)
Elevation 1548
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Helvetia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rillito(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(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 Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 019 S 015 E 12 NE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.76128, 31.80153
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Date of Last Modification 940721

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Helvetia-Rosemont District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Nail
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Arizona Mining And Refining Co
    Year 1969

Production statistics

  • Year 1969
    Period 1880-1969
    Description 1880-1969 Avg 1 Oz/T Au, 3 Oz/T Ag, +Pb 200 Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 85g/mt
    Major Gold Gold 28g/mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    S B KEITH ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 189 P126 1974

  • Deposit

    USGS SAHUARITA QUADRANGLE

  • Deposit

    F C SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582, P. 132.

  • Deposit

    D A HEATWOLE, 1966, GEOL OF THE BOX CANYON AREA, UNIV OF

  • Deposit

    ARIZ MS THESIS.

  • Deposit

    ARIZ DEPT MIN RES FILE DATA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GROUP VARIED IN SIZE TO 40 UNPATENTED CLAIMS PLUS MILL SITES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-OCT-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

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