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Arlington Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046222
MRDS ID M241080
Record type Site
Current site name Arlington Mine
Related records 10161518

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.11649, 31.6457 (WGS84)
Elevation 1308
Relative position APPROX 5 MI SW OF TOMBSTONE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tombstone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 020S 022E 32 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 SEC 32, UTM EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized Base Metal Sulfides

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Bisbee Group
    Rock description Bisbee Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.11649, 31.6457
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Bisbee Group In Area Strikes N-S, Dips 10w More Uniform Dip Near Arlington Mine Than In Main Part Of Tombstone District
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fracture Zone

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1924
Year of last production 1924

Mining district

District name Tombstone District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED H.W. ASSELGREN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 73.

  • Deposit

    GILLULY, 1956, USGS PP 281

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OXIDIZED BASE METAL SULFIDES IN A FRACTURE ZONE CUTTING CRET SEDIMENTARY BEDS.

Reporter information

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