Bernoudy Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046195
MRDS ID M241038
Record type Site
Current site name Bernoudy Mine
Related records 10283048

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.21203, 31.95402 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position APPROX 1 1/2 MI NNE OF PARADISE , .25 MI E OF TURKEY CREEK

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)

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 031E 18 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 AND NW 1/4 OF SEC 18, (OR N CENTER), UTM EST

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • CARBONATES AND SULFIDES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.21203, 31.95402

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Strong Thrust Faulting With E-W Trend, Two Parallel Faults Mapped By Cooper. Bolsa Quartzite North Of Northern Thrust Fault, Penn-Perm Limestone And Mine Site Is Between The Two Thrusts

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

Mining district

District name California District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bernoudy Mng And Mllng Co; Bernoudy-Turkey Creek Cd

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW TENS OF TONS OF HIGH GRADE ORE SHIPPED BETWEEN 1909-1911.

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • OPERATED BY W.L. WRIGHT, 1909-1911; 5 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1950'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S B, 1973; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 51

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.

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.

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.