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Senecia Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046201
MRDS ID M241046
Record type Site
Current site name Senecia Mine
Alternate or previous names Lewis Group, Senika
Related records 10208450

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.98538, 31.96763 (WGS84)
Elevation 1682
Relative position APPROX .75 MI N OF MT GLENN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cochise Stronghold(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(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

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 023E 10 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 SEC 10 UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Cadmium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Metamorphosed Limestone

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.98538, 31.96763
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Complex Tertiary Faulting Of Paleozoic And Cretaceous Sediments, Tertiary Intrusives
Type of structure Local
Structure description Closely Folded Rocks, Thrusts, Deep Reverse Faults With Superimposed Oligocene Metamorphism

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 1942
Year of last production 1943

Mining district

District name Middle Pass District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Leroy Mines Co

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 248 TONS OF ORE SHIPPED IN 1942-1943.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND ADIT WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED SKINNER & LEWIS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 64

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE MASSES IN BRECCIATED WALL ROCK IN A GENERALLY THIN, WEAKLY MINERALIZED VEIN STRUCTURE IN METAMORPHOSED LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1981 Rodriguez, Ignacio (Gest, Don E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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