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Arizona Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Zinc, Copper, Lead, 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014796
MRDS ID D011745
Record type Site
Current site name Arizona Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.24229, 32.84872 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fort Bayard(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
017S 014W 12 NE4 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • 120 M. EAST OF LANGSTON VEIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.24229, 32.84872
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N12E
    Dip W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pinos Altos District

Comments on the production information

  • MORE THAN $40,000. ORE AVERAGED $15-16/TON.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 75M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 75 M. DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN (N12E,DIPS W) ABOUT 120 M. EAST OF LANGSTON VEIN IN ANDESITE BRECCIA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1984 Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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