Zaleski Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten, Lead
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. 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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027039
MRDS ID M001776
Record type Site
Current site name Zaleski Mine
Related records 10232264

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.25622, 31.3632 (WGS84)
Relative position SOUTHERN END OF HUACHUCA MTNS. ABOUT 3 MI. N. OF U.S. MEXICO BORDER. APPROX. S. CENTER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Montezuma Pass(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)

Coronado National Memorial(National Memorial)

National Memorial NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 024S 021E 07 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Lead Ore
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.25622, 31.3632

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POCKETS
    Strike NW
    Dip SW
    Width 0.18M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hartford District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coronado National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. Zalesk
    Home office Iherefore, Az.
    First year 1943

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW TONS OF GOLD ORE PRODUCED IN THE EARLY 1900'S, SOME TONS OF TUNGSTEN ORE IN LATER YEARS.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, ADIT, AND SURFACE WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S.: USGS MAP MR-25.

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IN QUARTZ VEINS CUTTING QUARTZ MONZONITE. STRIKE NW, STEEP DIP TO SW. VEIN FROM THIN STREAK TO 7 IN. WIDE.
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000759 OF JAMES ELLIOTT WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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