| Deposit ID | 10027022 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M001735 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Tribute Mine |
| Related records | 10161293 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.06983, 31.70263 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1417 |
| Relative position | 3/4 MI. SW OF TOMBSTONE, ARIZ. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Cochise |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 20S | 22E | 11 | S OF CENTER | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Secondary |
| Vanadium Critical | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Copper | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale |
| Rock unit name | Bisbee Group Shales |
| Rock description | Bisbee Group Shales |
| (1) | -110.06983, 31.70263 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | In Tombstone Basin, Post Mineralization Tilting Towards N And Ne |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | DIKES ARE N12E |
| Dip | 75-85W |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Tombstone District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M001735 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040030693 |
ABM FILE DATA
BUTLER, WILSON AND RASER, 1938, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 143, P. 63.
KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 80.
KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | RECORD # D000109 BY RICHARD P. FISCHER HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS ONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | OXIDIZED ORE IN OVERTURNED SHALES WHERE FOLD IS INTERSECTED BY A DIKE AND "NORTHEAST" FISSURES. |
| 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 | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1973 | Fischer, Richard P. | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
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