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Eureka Mine

Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027032
MRDS ID M001757
Record type Site
Current site name Eureka Mine
Alternate or previous names Azurite, Tenorite, Connelite, Lotus
Related records 10112391

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.3801, 31.42875 (WGS84)
Relative position UNSURV. ABT 1 MI. SW OF SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF FT. HUACHUCA RES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Huachuca Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nogales(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)

Federal lands

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Miller Peak Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 23S 19E 14 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 SEC. 14. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Bisbee Group Morita Formation
    Rock description Bisbee Group Morita Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.3801, 31.42875
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IN QUARTZ VEINS IN STEEPLY TILTED MORITA FORMATION CUT BY TERTIARY DIKES OR SILLS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1951

Mining district

District name Hartford District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner L. D. Carlisle
    First year 1951

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL PRODUCTION OF ORE IN EARLY 1900'S AND IN 1951.

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZ. B. OF M. BULL. 140, P. 91

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, 1973, P. 65.

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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