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Costello Claims

Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009763
MRDS ID D002942
Record type Site
Current site name Costello Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.83398, 31.75013 (WGS84)
Elevation 1387

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Turquoise Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Whitewater Draw(hydrologic unit)

Rio De Bavispe(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sonora(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 019S 025E 32 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Smithsonite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Naco Limestone;Bisbee Group
    Rock description Naco Lst;Bisbee Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.83398, 31.75013
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Turquoise District

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT ORE BODIES WHERE N - NE FAULTS AND FISSURES INTERSECT. IRREGULAR OXIDIZED ORE BODIES AND ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA AT DEPTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1977 Hasler, J. William U.S. Geological Survey

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