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Dos Cabezas Queen Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Graphite
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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 10046181
MRDS ID M241016
Record type Site
Current site name Dos Cabezas Queen Mine
Related records 10185425

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.62759, 32.20818 (WGS84)
Elevation 1753
Relative position APPROX. 2 MI. NNW OF DOS CABEZAS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Simmons Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willcox Playa(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(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 Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 014S 027E 18,19 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SEC. 19, SW 1/4 SEC. 18, UTM EST.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.62759, 32.20818
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORES IN QUARTZ-CALCITE FILLING OF A FAULT FISSURE ZONE IN SLIGHTLY GRAPHITIC SHALE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Willcox District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dives Mng. Co.

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL TONNAGE PRODUCED IN EARLY 1900'S. PRODUCTION INCLUDED WITH DIVES IN ABGMT-USBM DATA

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 61

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORES IN QUARTZ-CALCITE FILLING OF A FAULT FISSURE ZONE IN SLIGHTLY GRAPHIC SHALE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Zigler, Jan L. 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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