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Burrito De Fierro Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  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 10104059
MRDS ID M241050
Record type Site
Current site name Burrito De Fierro Mine
Related records 10137103

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.05899, 31.9443 (WGS84)
Elevation 1472
Relative position APPROX 1 1/2 MI N OF KNOB HILL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Knob Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(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 017S 022E 24 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SEC 24 UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OXIDIZED BASE METAL SULFIDES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Stronghold Granite
    Rock description Stronghold Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.05899, 31.9443
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Complex Tertiary Faulting Of Paleozoic And Cretaceous Sediments, Tertiary Intrusives
Type of structure Local
Structure description Closely Folded Rocks, Thrusts, Deep Reverse Faults With Superimposed Oligocene Metamorphism

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1956
Year of last production 1964

Mining district

District name Middle Pass District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ligier, Perevil And Danvers

Comments on the production information

  • OVER 200 TONS OF ORE SHIPPED INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1956 TO 1964.

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL AND SURFACE WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 63.

  • Deposit

    MARVIN, STERN, CREASEY, MEHNERT, 1973, USGS BULL 1379

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1981 Rodriguez, Ignacio (Gest, Don E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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