El Tigre Mine

Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027000
MRDS ID M001683
Record type Site
Current site name El Tigre Mine
Related records 10234044

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.28425, 31.93569 (WGS84)
Relative position ABT. 35 MI. SE OF BOWIE, ARIZ.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rustler Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willcox Playa(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(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 Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 17S 30E 22,21 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 SEC. 21. , UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Bisbee Group;Rhyolite Canyon Formation
    Rock description Bisbee Group;Rhyolite Canyon Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.28425, 31.93569

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Mine In Cret Beds, Near Contact To The South With Tert Rhyolite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1937
Year of last production 1947

Mining district

District name California District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Samson, Willard S.
    Home office Dos Cabezas, Az.
    First year 1947

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW TENS OF TONS OF HIGH GRADE ORE SHIPPED IN 1945-1946.

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS ALSO INCLUDED WILLIAM CARLETON

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 52.

  • Deposit

    COOPER, 1959, USGS MAP MF-213

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL LENSING ORESHOOT OF PARTLY OXIDIZED BASE METAL SULFIDES ALONG A FRACTURE 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 Gest, Don E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.