Comobabi and Crusader Mines

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026872
MRDS ID M000684
Record type Site
Current site name Comobabi and Crusader Mines
Related records 10161881

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.88849, 32.01373 (WGS84)
Elevation 1059
Relative position 6 3/4 MILES SW OF COMOBABI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ko Vaya(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver Bell Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon Wash(hydrologic unit)

Rio Sonoyta(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sonora(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 016S 004E 25 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • N CENTER SECTION 25. PAPAGO INDIAN RESERVATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Lead Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.88849, 32.01373

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1922
Year of last production 1947

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION YEARS ARE UNKNOWN.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW WORKINGS, TYPE UNKNOWN

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED CHARLES M. TAYLOR, COMOBABI COPPER CO, J.A. MAY, GEO W. PICKETT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 111

  • Production

    ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 111 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.