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Dividend Tunnel Primos Group

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Tungsten, 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039397
MRDS ID M050026
Record type Site
Current site name Dividend Tunnel Primos Group
Related records 10160817

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.08344, 32.07234 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position 3000 FT. NE OF BLUEBIRD MINE WHICH IS 2 3/4 MILES SW OF JOHNSON ON NORTH SLOPE OF BLUEBIRD HILL.

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 016S 022E 03 NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Texas Canyon
    Rock description Texas Canyon
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 53

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.08344, 32.07234
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form SMALL VEINS
    Strike N 30 TO 40 E.
    Dip 40 TO 60 SE.
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 45.72M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LARGE CONCENTRATION OF SMALL VEINS ACROSS WIDTH OF 50-75 FT. INDIVIDUAL VEINS RARELY EXCEED 2 FEET IN WIDTH OR 150 FEET IN LENGTH. CONCENTRATE LOCALLY INTO LODES. STRIAE INDICATE COMPLEX FAULT MOVEMENT. SOME NORMAL SOME REVERSE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cochise District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • SOME 100 TONS OF TUNGSTEN CONCENTRATES WERE PRODUCED IN THE EARLY 1900'S.

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT OF 185 FT. 5 DRIFTS TOTALLING 500 FT. STOPED AREAS PARTIALLY CAVED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    COOPER AND SILVER, 1964.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE M050208, PRIMOS GROUP.
Deposit LARGE CONCENTRATION OF SMALL VEINS ACROSS A WIDTH OF 50 TO 75 FT. MAX. WIDTH OF INDIVIDUAL VEINS IS 2 FT. NONE SEEM TO EXTEND ALONG STRIKE MORE THAN 150 FT. VEINS ARE CONCENTRATED INTO LODES 4 OR 5 FEET WIDE. A SECOND SET STRIKES N 5 TO 20 E AND DIPS 45 E.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey

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