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Collicello and Luray Mine Groups

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026781
MRDS ID M000226
Record type Site
Current site name Collicello and Luray Mine Groups

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.76901, 31.46542 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position COX GULCH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cumero Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nogales(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 023S 015E 01 N OF CENTER Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1965)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified, Pyritized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.76901, 31.46542
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form NARROW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1900
Year of last production 1917

Mining district

District name Palmetto District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1917
    Period 1900-1917
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^20 % Cu, 9 Oz. Ag Per Ton, 0.2 Oz. Au Per Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 6g/mt
    Ore Copper Copper 20wt-pct
    Ore Silver Silver 254g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED INTERMITTENTLY.

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL, SHAFT, AND ADIT OPERATIONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1975, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 191, P. 73

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    KEITH, 1975.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ROUGHLY BANDED, NARROW QUARTZ STRINGER AND VEINLETS; OXIDIZED TO COVELLITE AND CHALCOCITE NEAR THE SURFACE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-81 Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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