Yankee Pride Adit

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodity Tungsten
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088606
MRDS ID M050204
Record type Site
Current site name Yankee Pride Adit
Related records 10185768

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.08788, 32.05706 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Relative position 3.5 MILES SSW OF JOHNSON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dragoon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 016S 022E 10 NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Huebnerite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Texas Canyon Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Texas Canyon Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 52

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.08788, 32.05706

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Block Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N To Nw Trending Folds And Thrust Faults Overriding To Ne.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 45 E
    Dip 50 TO 70 S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: FAULT VEINS CUT BLOCK OF QUARTZ MONZONITE. STRIAE IN YANKEE PRIDE FAULTS INDICATE REVERSE MOVEMENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cochise District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Primos Chemical Co.

Comments on the production information

  • WORKINGS YIELDED ABOUT $26 THOUSAND IN TUNGSTEN CONCENTRATES. SEVERAL TONS OF TUNGSTEN CONCENTRATES PRODUCED IN THE EARLY 1900'S.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE 40 FT. ADIT AND NUMEROUS OPENCUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO SETS OF VEINS. ONE SET DESCRIBED ABOVE. SECOND SET IS EN ECHELON VEIN SYSTEM STRIKING N60 TO 75E AND DIPPING 40 TO 60 S.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1972 Bergquist, Joel R. 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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