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Meadow Valley Mine

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098703
MRDS ID M899925
Record type Site
Current site name Meadow Valley Mine
Related records 10305086

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.58511, 31.51014 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 2.0 MILES WNW OF CANELO PASS, Used Schrader (1915) And Usbm Files, Used Schrader (1915) And Usbm Files

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

O'Donnell Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 022S 017E 23 NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN UPPER PART OF MEADOW VALLEY FLAT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GALENA COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH GOLD.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Magnetite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Porphyry Dike Is Argillized; Accompanying Volcanic Sediments Are Silicified

Analytical data

Result 42 OZ/TON AG FOUND 4 FT. BELOW SURFACE (EARLY 1900'S)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Trachyandesite
    Chronological age 72.1
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Chronological age 72.1

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.58511, 31.51014
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Vein Is Continuous Along Porphyry-Andesite Contact But Contains No Metallic Minerals
Type of structure Local
Structure description Siliceous Belts Along Faults Are In Places Stained With Copper Carbonates

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike E-W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Width 1.22M
    Depth to bottom 21.34M
  • General form IRREGULAR
    Dip VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • E-W Quartz Veins Associated With 2 Systems Of Joints Or Faults Cutting

Comments on the geologic information

  • ABOVE 70-FT LEVEL, VEIN QUARTZ IS BROKEN BY SMALL JOINTS AND SEAMS, SOME OF WHICH, ESPECIALLY NEXT TO HANGING OR NORTH WALL, ARE COATED WITH CERARGYRITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Harshaw District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDE 70-FT VERTICAL SHAFT WITH A 30-FT INCLINE AT THE BOTTOM; 2 OTHER SHALLOW SHAFTS

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED OLSEN (1915)
  • PLACER GOLD WAS FIRST DISCOVERED IN THE AREA, GOLD BEARING QUARTZ DISCOVERED IN 1850.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY LOCATED ON 2 SYSTEMS OF JOINTS OR FAULTS WHICH STRIKE N80E AND N65W RESPECTIVELY
Deposit TWO MAJOR GROUPS OF VEINS: GRANODIORITE-GREENSTONE AREA STRIKES NORTH AND DIPS GENTLY TO THE EAST OR WEST. SERPENTINE-AMPHIBOLITE AREA STRIKES NORTH-WEST AND DIPS STEEPLY TO THE SOUTHWEST. VEINS: 1-10 FT THICK, INCLINING AS MUCH AS 10,000 FT DEEP
Deposit MINES: BANNER, BELLAFONTAINE, BEN FRANKLIN, CALIFORNIA CONSOLIDATED QUARTZ, CANADA HILL, CHAMPION, CINCINNATI, CROWN POINT, EMPIRE WEST, FEDERAL LOAN, GOLDEN GATE, HAGE, HARTERY, MASSACHUSETTS, MONTANA, NORMANDIE, NORTH STAR, OMAHA, PRUDENTIAL, UNION HILL, W.Y.O.D., WISCONSIN {EMPIRE, IDAHO-MARYLAND,?GOLDEN CENTER,, GOLDEN CENTER (DROMEDARY)?}AJAX, ALASKA, ALCADE, ALLISON RANCH, ALPHA, VELLA UNION, BIG DIAMOND, BLACK HAWK, BOW, BOUNDARY, BUENA VISTA, BULLION, CASSIDY, CENTENNIAL, CHERANNE, COE, CONLAN, DAISY HILL, DAKOTA, DIAMOND, EAST STAR, EMPIRE-STAR GRP., EMPRESS, EUREKA, HASTON GENERAL GRANT, GLADSTONE, GOLDEN TREASURE, GOLD HILL, GOLD POINT, GOODALL, GRANITE HILL, GRANT, HEUSTON, HOMEWARD BOUND, HOUSTON HILL, IDAHO, INDEPENDENCE, INKMARQUE, KATE HAYES, LARIMER, LE DUC, LONE JACK, MAGENTA, MARY ANN, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS HILL, NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW EUREKA, NEW HOMEWARD BOUND, NEW YORK, NEW YORK HILL, NORMANDY-DULMAINE, NORTHERN BELL, NORUMBAGNA, OAKLAND, OLD BRUNSWICK, OLD EUREKA,
Deposit OLD HOMEWARD BOUND, ORLEANS, OSBORNE HILL, PEABODY, PENNSYLVANIA, PHOENIX, POLAR STAR, PRESCOTT HILL, REPUBLIC, REWARD, RICH HILL, ROCKY BAR, ROSE HILL, SCOTIA, SEBASTOPOL. SOUTH IDAHO, SPRING HILL, STOCKTON HILL, ST. JOHN SULTANA, SYNDICATE, TELERAPH, WISCONSIN, WYOMING

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-82 Calder, Susan R. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

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