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New Colorado Mine

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Mercury
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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. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026795
MRDS ID M000283
Record type Site
Current site name New Colorado Mine
Related records 10259069

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.33847, 31.6893 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Relative position 8 MILES N OF ARIVACA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cerro Colorado(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brawley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 020S 010E 17 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • E CENTER SECTION 17.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Copper Ore
Freibergite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.33847, 31.6893
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1880
Year of last production 1937

Mining district

District name Cerro Colorado District

Production statistics

  • Year 1900
    Period 1880 - 1900
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^120 Oz. Ag/Ton, 2.7 Oz. Au/Ton, 19 % Pb, 2 % Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 2wt-pct
    Ore Lead Lead 19wt-pct
    Ore Gold Gold 76g/mt
    Ore Silver Silver 3388g/mt

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SHAFT AND PIT WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED SILVER COLORADO, LARSEN & WALLACE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 114

  • Production

    ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 114 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PARTLY OXIDIZED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) 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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