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Cunquian Mine

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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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. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039669
MRDS ID M050621
Record type Site
Current site name Cunquian Mine
Alternate or previous names Cooncan
Related records 10283841

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.96571, 32.04067 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Relative position 10 1/2 MILES W OF COMOBABI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ko Vaya(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver Bell Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon Wash(hydrologic unit)

Rio Sonoyta(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sonora(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 016S 004E 18 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SECTION 18 . PAPAGO INDIAN RESERVATION.

Commodities

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.96571, 32.04067
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fracture Zone In Volcanics.

Ore body information

  • General form LENSING

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1936
Year of last production 1950

Production statistics

  • Year 1950
    Period 1880 - 1950
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.5 Oz Au/Ton, 1.5 Oz Ag/Ton, 1.5 % Cu, 1.3 % Pb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Lead Lead 1wt-pct
    Minor Ore Copper Copper 2wt-pct
    Ore Silver Silver 42g/mt
    Ore Gold Gold 14g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED SPORADICALLY FROM LATE 1800'S TO 1950 . ZINC NOT RECOVERED.

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED PICACHO MINES INC, MAURICE HEDERMAN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN, 189 , P. 111 .

  • Deposit

    BRYNER, LEONID, PHD 1959 ; GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTH COMOBABI MOUNTAINS AND KOVAYA HILLS, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZ. 156 PGS.

  • Production

    ( 8 ) ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 111 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PARTLY OXIDIZED, GOLD ENRICHED NEAR SURFACE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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