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Buckeye Mine

Past Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027458
MRDS ID M003135
Record type Site
Current site name Buckeye Mine
Related records 10136751

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.7643, 33.42397 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311
Relative position ABOUT 3 MILES NE OF GLOBE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Globe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001N 15E 15 CENTER OF S2 OF S2 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SHAFT AND NUMEROUS ADITS 0.3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE TOP OF BUCKEYE MTN; THE ADITS ARE ALONG THE EAST AND WEST SIDES OF A CANYON OPENING INTO COPPER GULCH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Troy Quartzite
    Rock description Troy Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.7643, 33.42397
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 65 E
    Dip 80 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Deposits Occur Along Conjugate System Of Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1901
Year of last production 1957

Mining district

District name Globe Hills District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner H. P. Hinton
    First year 1957

Comments on the production information

  • COPPER PRODUCTION FOR THE MINE PROBABLY INCLUDED IN THE DATA FOR THE OLD DOMINION MINE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 914.4M
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on development

  • OPERATED IN THE 1910'S AND 1920'S BY UNITED GLOBE (OLD DOMINION CO.)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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