| Deposit ID | 10305551 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M001415 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0040030087 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Abril Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Dos Hermanos, Coronado Nf Dragoon Unit |
| Related records | 10026967 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.99376, 31.90953 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2012 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Cochise(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cochise Stronghold(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Douglas(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Cochise |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 017 S | 023 E | 34 | C S2 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Bismuth Critical | Tertiary |
| Cadmium | Tertiary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Main Entrance (1) | -109.99376, 31.90953 |
|---|
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1903 |
| Year of first production | 1903 |
| District name | Middle Pass District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Abril, V. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Arizona |
| Year | 1951 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Owens, Sherwood B. |
| Home office | Arizona |
| Year | 1967 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Asarco (American Smelting And Refining Co.) |
| Home office | Arizona |
| Year | 1967 |
| Year | 1903 |
|---|---|
| Material | ORE |
| Ore mined | 2000mt |
| Description | Zinc-Silver Ore 2000 Mt |
| Year | 1943 |
|---|---|
| Description | Last Year Of Record 001 Production |
| Year | 1944 |
|---|---|
| Material | ORE |
| Ore mined | 110mt |
| Description | Zinc-Silver Ore 110 Mt |
| Year | 1945 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Ore mined | 1467mt | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Zinc Ore 1467 Mt | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1946 |
|---|---|
| Material | ORE |
| Ore mined | 6475mt |
| Description | Zinc-Copper-Lead-Silver Ore 6475 Mt |
| Year | 1947 |
|---|---|
| Material | ORE |
| Ore mined | 9080mt |
| Description | Zinc-Copper-Lead-Silver-Gold Ore 9080 Mt |
| Year | 1948 |
|---|---|
| Material | ORE |
| Ore mined | 1100mt |
| Description | Zinc-Copper-Lead-Silver Ore 1100 Mt |
| Year | 1949 |
|---|---|
| Material | ORE |
| Ore mined | 2419mt |
| Description | Zinc-Copper-Lead-Silver Ore 2419 Mt |
| Year | 1951 |
|---|---|
| Material | ORE |
| Ore mined | 4934mt |
| Description | Zinc-Copper Ore 4934 Mt |
| Year | 1952 |
|---|---|
| Material | ORE |
| Ore mined | 1460mt |
| Description | Zinc-Copper-Lead-Silver Ore 1460 Mt |
| Year | 1953 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Ore mined | 126mt | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Zinc Ore 126 Mt | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1994 | ||||||||||||||
| Measured | 1100mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Demonstrated | 1100mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 1100mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1994 | ||||||||||||||
| Inferred | 14500mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 14500mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 28000mt ore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040030087 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M001415 | MAS references MRDS |
KEITH, S. B., 1973, ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 187, P. 68.
WILSON, E. D., 1951, ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 158, P. 23-26.
FARNHAM, L. L., 1954, UNPUB. USBM REPORT FOR DMEA-399X ON
ABRIL ZINC MINE (CONTRACT IDM-E210).
OWENS, S. B., 1954?, THE ABRIL MINE FINAL REPORT, CONTRACT
IDM-E210.
PERRY, D. V., 1964, GENESIS OF THE CONTACT ROCKS AT THE
ABRIL MINE, MS THESIS, UNIV. ARIZ., 95 P.
LERCHEN, F. H., 1937, UNPUB. MEMO TO EAGLE-PITCHER CO.,
AVAIL. AT ADMMR FILES.
WOODCOCK, J. R., 1990, UNPUB. LETTER AVAIL. AT ADMMR FILES.
CHATMAN, M. L., 1993, USBM OFR MLA 30-93, P. 29-31, D39-46.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 21-JAN-1994 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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