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Horseshoe Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027108
MRDS ID M002123
Record type Site
Current site name Horseshoe Mine
Alternate or previous names Lone Star Mine, Horseshoe Copper Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.60926, 32.91482 (WGS84)
Elevation 1195
Relative position 3 MILES SE OF WEBER PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graham(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lone Star Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Safford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-San Carlos Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Graham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 006S 027E 17;8 CENTER OF NW (17); SW OF SW (08) Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.60926, 32.91482
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Width 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1904
Year of last production 1966

Mining district

District name Lone Star District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner USBM-ABGMT File List As Past Operators: J.D. Merrill , Hills Drilling And Producing Co.
    First year 1943
  • Type Owner
    Owner G. Anderson And Associates J.D. Merrill And Associates
    First year 1943

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION DATA UNDER THE HORSESHOE AND LONESTAR GOES FROM 1904 TO 1966. PRODUCTION FROM 1907 TO 1924 WAS REPORTED UNDER THE LONESTAR MINE, 1943 TO 1966 UNDER THE HORSESHOE.

Comments on development

  • 7 PATENTED CLAIMS; BLACK COPPER, EVERYBODY'S, BONITA, PEARSON'S, RANDOLPH, POPULAR, AND ARGOSY. MINERAL SURVEY 2585, PAT. MAY, 1909. PATENT GRANTED TO THE NATIONAL MINING AND EXPLORATION CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES.

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE-HORSESHOE MINE.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    USBM FILES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1982 Laraba, Peter (Gest, Don E.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 18-APR-1995 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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