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Unnamed Deposit

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodity 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. 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039513
MRDS ID M050199
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.0551, 32.0143 (WGS84)
Elevation 1387
Relative position 1.25 MILES SW OF DRAGOON ON SOUTHSIDE OF SOUTHERN PACIFIC RR TRACKS.

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)

Upper San Pedro(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 16S 22E 25 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Texas Canyon, Tertiary, 52 +/-3 M.Y. , Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Texas Canyon, Tertiary, 52 +/-3 M.Y. , Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Horquilla Limestone, Pennsylvanian, Limestone With Abundant Thin Beds Of Shale
    Rock description Horquilla Limestone, Pennsylvanian, Limestone With Abundant Thin Beds Of Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.0551, 32.0143
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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 Trending Folds And Thrust Faults Overriding To Ne.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BLOCK OF HORQUILLA LIMESTONE NEAR MARGIN OF QUARTZ MONZONITE INTRUSIVE IS MINERALIZED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1939

Mining district

District name Cochise District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner O. T. Smith

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: PRIOR TO WORLD WAR 1

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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