| Deposit ID | 10039694 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M050668 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | American Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | War Eagle, La Ventia, American Shaft |
| Related records | 10161528 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.24873, 32.21484 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Cochise(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Deepwell Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Tucson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)
San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Cochise |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 014S | 020E | 13 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Silica | Primary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Tertiary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Specularite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Johnny Lyon Granodiorite | ||||
| Rock description | Johnny Lyon Granodiorite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -110.24873, 32.21484 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Production years | 1924 |
| District name | Yellowstone District |
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| Ownership category | State |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | La Vantia Mining Co. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M050668 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040030233 |
KEITH, S., 1973, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 187.
COOPER & SILVER, 1964, DRAGOON QUAD: USGS PP. 416, P. 161.
SILVER AND DEUTSCH, 1963, N.Y. ACADEMY OF SCIENCE ANNALS, V. 91, P. 279-283.
PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
CIMRI
KEITH, 1973.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | JASPEROID ZONE FORMING IN LIMESTONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | DEPOSIT IN A THRUST PLANE IN GRANODIORITE. LOCAL CONCENTRATIONS OF SPECULARITE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1973 | Johnson, Maureen G. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-NOV-1980 | Zigler, Jan L. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-1981 | Gest, Don E. | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-1992 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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