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Farmer Mine

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, 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. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026828
MRDS ID M000446
Record type Site
Current site name Farmer Mine
Related records 10137530

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.92735, 31.39542 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position 6 MILES N. OF NOGALES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rio Rico(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)

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 014E 29 E2 OF E2 OF SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.92735, 31.39542
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Numerous Nw-Trending (Aplite) Dikes; Major Fault Trending N-S
Type of structure Local
Structure description Pyritized Lamprophyric Dikes

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
  • General form TABULAR
  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lesing Veins In Irregular Shear Zone; Irregular Pockets And Impregnations Of Ore

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CASH VEINS IN DEEPLY ERODED BATHOLITH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Nogales District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Farmer And Wolfe

Comments on the production information

  • NO FIGURES. HAS PRODUCED GOLD. $1000.00 RFC LOAN APPROVAL DENIED. 2 SAMPLES ASSAYED .10CU., 0.90 CU., 1.02 PB AND .02 AU, .10CU, 0.14 PB. NO EVIDENCE FOR ENRICHMENT OF DEPTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RFC B-391.

  • Deposit

    U.S.B.M. CARD FILE.

  • Deposit

    USBM FILE DATA - CLUSTER #30 - FARMER.

  • Deposit

    USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000).

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. 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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