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Galeyville Mines

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Tungsten
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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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046191
MRDS ID M241032
Record type Site
Current site name Galeyville Mines
Related records 10233747

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.22064, 31.9493 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position APPROX 1 MI N OF PARADISE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Portal(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 017S;017S 030E;031E 13;18 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 OF SEC 13, NW 1/4 OF SEC 18 UTM EST, POINT NEAR CENTER OF GROUP OF PROSPECTS USED FOR UTM LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BASE METAL CARBONATES AND SULPHIDES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Naco Group Limestone
    Rock description Naco Group Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.22064, 31.9493
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description E-W Trending Thrust Fault .5 Mi N Of Mining Area. Cambrian And Precambrian Rock N Of Thrust
Type of structure Local
Structure description Sheared And Faulted Tactite Zone.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1878
Year of last production 1945

Mining district

District name California District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Monte Cristo Conservative Mng Co, Tyrone Mng Co

Comments on the production information

  • NO DATA IN ABGMT-USBM FILES. SEE L110 COMMENTS FOR ORE EXTIMATES

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS, 25 AND 28 FT, SEVERAL PITS, AND A FEW HUNDRED FT OR ONE TO THREE FT DEEP TRENCHES IN SEARCH FOR SCHEELITE ORE IN 1940'S AND 1950'S

Comments on development

  • 100 OR MORE TONS PB-CU-AG ORE PRODUCED IN 1880'S, AND 100 TONS OF W ORE IN 1945

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 52.

  • Deposit

    COOPER, 1959, USGS MAP MF-213

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 5650, P. 10-12

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE ALSO IN IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT BODIES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1981 Gest, Don E. 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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