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Howell Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Lead
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014833
MRDS ID D011809
Record type Site
Current site name Howell Mine
Related records 10137037

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.56454, 32.23206 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dos Cabezas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
014S 027E 11 W2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Chlorite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Teviston District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOPER, J. R., 1960, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-231.

  • Deposit

    DREWES, HARALD, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED DATA, 1977-1980.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IN PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1984 Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey

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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