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Shamrock Mine

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Uranium
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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. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026919
MRDS ID M001060
Record type Site
Current site name Shamrock Mine
Related records 10259145

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.34319, 31.55985 (WGS84)
Elevation 1128
Relative position 1 MILE SW OF ARIVACA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arivaca(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 021S 010E 32 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Uranium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • URANIUM MINERAL NOT VISIBLE IN ORE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Barite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.05 % EU3O8

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N 35 E
    Dip 33 SE
    Plunge direction 30NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Arivaca District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner C. Meyers
    Home office Tucson, Az.
    First year 1955

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION YEARS NOT KNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED C.V. MYERS, E. RENT; 4 MEN EMPLOYED (1954); 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, 1954

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN PIMA AND PINAL COUNTIES, ARIZONA, 1950 - 1957 : US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION RME - 159 , JUNE 1970 , P. 22 .

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Production

    RME - 159 , P. 22

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1981 Rodriguez, Ignacio J. (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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Authoritative Arizona resources

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