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Carper Shaft

Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, 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. 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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026895
MRDS ID M000880
Record type Site
Current site name Carper Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.04677, 31.69707 (WGS84)
Elevation 1448
Relative position ABT. 1.5 MI. SE OF TOMBSTONE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tombstone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(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 20S;20S 22E;23E 13,18 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS TOMBSTONE EXTENSION MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Bisbee Group Limestone Recrystallized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Meso Bisbee Group
    Rock description Meso Bisbee Group
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.04677, 31.69707
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description In Tombstone Basin

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE-LIKE
    Length 27.43M
    Width 4.57M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 27.43M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Largely Oxidized Argentiferous Galena Along A Strong Fault Zone N30-35e, 75w, Intersected By Fissure With Ne Strike, 35se

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tombstone District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION INCLUDED UNDER TOMBSTONE GROUP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA B. M. BULL. 143, 1938, PL.3 , P.73.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, 1973, ABM BULL 187

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE TOMBSTONE EXTENSION MINE, WHICH ADJOINS CARPER ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEINLIKE REPLACEMENT IN FAULT ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-NOV-1981 Rodriguez, Ignacio (Gest, Don E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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