| Deposit ID | 10039627 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M050523 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gopher Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Hiltano, Hilton, State of Maine |
| Related records | 10162284 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.64401, 31.87069 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1478 |
| Relative position | 10 MI SSW OF PANTANO |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pima(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Empire Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rillito(hydrologic unit)
Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Pima |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 018S | 017E | 07,18 | NE4 (18) | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Copper | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Wulfenite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Sycamore Canyon Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| Rock description | Sycamore Canyon Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Concha Limestone |
| Rock description | Concha Limestone |
| (1) | -110.64401, 31.87069 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Folded & Faulted Limestone Blocks Along Nw Faults |
| General form | IRREGULAR, CHIMNEYS (COARSE STOCKWORK) |
|---|---|
| Strike | SSW |
| Dip | STEEP NW |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1879 |
| District name | Empire District |
|---|
| Year | 1930 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1880-1930 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^20% Pb, 3% Zn, 0.8% Cu, 1.5 Oz/T Ag, Minor Au | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M050523 |
KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189 P 118
CREASEY, S.C., 1973, FIELD EXAM
FEISS, 1929, M.S. THESIS UNIV OF AZ
KEITH, 1974
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050523 WITH RE CORD M030527 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1983 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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