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Pittsburgh Shaft

Occurrence in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039381
MRDS ID M050003
Record type Site
Current site name Pittsburgh Shaft
Related records 10185834

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.05983, 32.11512 (WGS84)
Elevation 1498
Relative position 1 MILE NNE OF TOWN OF JOHNSON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dragoon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willcox Playa(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 015S 022E 24 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO ORE PRODUCED, BUT DUMP SHOWS TRACES OF CU MINERALS.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Texas Canyon
    Rock description Texas Canyon
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 53
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Horquilla Limestone
    Rock description Horquilla Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.05983, 32.11512
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tertiary Block Faulting Trending Nw ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N And Nw Trending Folds And Thrust Faulting Overriding To Ne

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONE HAS ABUNDANT THIN SHALE BEDS. ; GEOL.DESC: COUNTRY ROCK IS HORQUILLA LIMESTONE WHICH SHOWS ONLY TRACES OF MINERALIZATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cochise District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Thomas Adams
    Home office Dragoon, Az.

Comments on the production information

  • NO ORE PRODUCED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE PITTSBURG SHAFT IS 1850 FT ESE OF THE PEABODY SHAFT AND HAS ONE CROSSCUT ON 500 FT LEVEL. NO ORE WAS PRODUCED BUT THE DUMP SHOWS TRACES OF COPPER MINERALS

Comments on development

  • THE PITTSBURG CLAIM AND THE TREASURE CLAIM WHICH ADJOINS IT ON THE NORTHWEST WERE PATENTED IN 1917

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOPER, R.J., AND SILVER, L.T., 1964, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 416 .

  • Deposit

    COOPER, J.R., 1950, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES, GEOL. SER. 18, BULL. 156.

  • Deposit

    LIVINGSTON, MAUGER, BENNETT, AND LAUGHLIN, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375.

  • Deposit

    1907 DIREXPL COCHISE DEVELOPMENT CO., SHAFT SUNK

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, COOPER AND SILVER, PROF. PAPER 416

  • Production

    COOPER AND SILVER, 1964

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1981 Rodriguez, Ignacio (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

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