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Manhattan Mine Group

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046199
MRDS ID M241043
Record type Site
Current site name Manhattan Mine Group
Related records 10209944

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.2637, 31.97152 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position APPROX 2 MI SE OF HILLTOP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rustler Park(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 030E 03,10 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED LAND

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • RELATIVELY WEAK BASE METAL CARBONATES AND SULFIDES WITH SOME HIGH GRADE SPOTS.

Alteration

  • (Local) Metamorphosed Limestone

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.2637, 31.97152
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Sediments Tilted And Metamorphosed. Strike Of Beds Is Nw

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 National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Manhattan Development Co

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE PRODUCED DURING 1926 AND 1927.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SHAFTS AND SHORT TUNNELS. DEEPEST SHAFT 80 FT, LONGEST TUNNEL IS A 450 FT CROSSCUT

Comments on development

  • 37 CLAIMS IN 1926

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 53.

  • Deposit

    COOPER, 1959, USGS MAP MF-213

  • Deposit

    MINES HANDBOOK, V. 17, 1926, W.H. WEED, EDITOR, P. 311-312

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1982 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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