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Good Enough Claims Nos. 1 and 2

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Tungsten, Silver, Gold, Lead, 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039535
MRDS ID M050237
Record type Site
Current site name Good Enough Claims Nos. 1 and 2
Alternate or previous names Zappia Claims, Soto Group, Esperanza Group, Whitcomb
Related records 10137583

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.36486, 31.64846 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
Relative position ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAS GUIJAS ON NORTH SIDE OF LAS GUIJAS MOUNTAINS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cerro Colorado(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brawley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 20S 10E 31 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINE FIRST LOCATED FOR SILVER; SUBSEQUENTLY ABANDONED AND RELOCATED SEVERAL TIMES; SHEIKH 1970 SAYS THAT HUEBNERITE, SCHEELITE AND SULFIDES ARE ABSENT.

Alteration

  • (Local) Iron And Copper Stains, Wall Rock Altered To Sericite.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.36486, 31.64846
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Cross-Faulting And Post Mineral Lamprophyre Dikes.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR/PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N75W - N60W
    Dip 60 NE - 50 NE
    Length 15.24M
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In Volcanic Breccia At Contact With Andesite.

Comments on the geologic information

  • STRUCTURAL TRENDS AND ALIGNMENTS. SAME AS OTHERS IN LAS GUIJAS GROUP ; BUT MINERALIZATION IS IN VOLCANIC BRECCIA AND NOT IN GRANITE OR CONTACT. ; GEOL.DESC: ORE SHOOTS ARE SPORADIC AND SEPARATED BY BARREN LENSES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1892
Year of first production 1941
Year of last production 1941

Mining district

District name Las Guijas District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Don Lieberman Enterprises, Inc, - And Then - Lemas.
  • Type Owner
    Owner G. A. Prandini And J. A. Zappia

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 914.4M
    Overall depth 33.53M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE HAS 3 ADITS, SOME STOPES.

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED FRANK ZAPPIA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE, AND OTHERS, 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF COCHISE, PIMA, AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES, USBM RI 5650

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D. 1941, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZ.: ABM BULL 148

  • Deposit

    LEMMON D.M. 1945, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZ: USGS UNPUBL. DATA

  • Deposit

    SHEIKH, A.M. 1970, LAS GUIJAS DISTRICT: ECON GEOL. V. 65 NO. 7

  • Deposit

    DALE, STEWART, AND MCKINNEY, 1960, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF COCHISE, PIMA AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 5650.

  • Deposit

    1957 RECON USBM RI-565

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    DALE AND OTHERS, 1961, USBM RI 5650

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IN QUARTZ LENSES IN IRREGULAR FRACTURE ZONE THROUGH GRANITIC FORMATION; EXPOSED FOR 800 FT. ALONG STRIKE.
Deposit THIS RECORD INCLUDES INFORMATION FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000803 WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1972 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1975 Elliot, James E. U.S. Geological Survey

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