Aravaipa District

Past Producer in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000293
MRDS ID D002184
Record type District
Current site name Aravaipa District
Related records 10210077

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.33398, 32.9834 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graham(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cobre Grande Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Graham

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 60
USGS model code 18c
Deposit model name Skarn Zn-Pb
Mark3 model number 22

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.33398, 32.9834

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Year of last production 1957

Mining district

District name ARAVAIPA DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C. P., 1925, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ARAVAIPA AND STANLEY MINING DISTRICTS, GRAHAM COUNTY, ARIZONA: USGS BULL. 763.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, ELDRED D., 1950, ARIZONA ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS: ARIZ. STATE BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 156, P. 51 - 63.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1976 FISHER, FRED S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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