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Cora Mine

Past Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodity 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. 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. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027280
MRDS ID M002706
Record type Site
Current site name Cora Mine
Related records 10186498

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.90964, 33.94895 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Relative position 11 MILES W OF WICKENBURG, 1/4 MILE N OF HWY 60, NEAR SIX-SHOOTER TANK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Outlaw Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Centennial Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 007N 006W 17 SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.90964, 33.94895
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike EW
    Dip 25S
    Width 0.76M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Vulture District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. R. Oneal, C. H. Oneal, And Thomas Barett

Production statistics

  • Year 1935
    Material ORE AU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^2 Shipments, Gave .56 Oz Au And .62 Oz Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 16g/mt

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROPERTY APPEARED TO HAVE POSSIBILITY OF BEING DEVELOPED INTO A PRODUCER OF 5 TO 10 TONS OF SHIPPING ORE PER DAY

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 4.57M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECTED BY A MAIN SHAFT, AND A SHALLOW SHAFT AND OPEN CUT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    METZGER, O.H., 1938, GOLD AND GOLD MILLING IN THE WICKENBURG AREA, MARICOPA AND YABAPI COUNTIES, ARIZ., USBM INF. CIRC. 6991.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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