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Mountain View Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046231
MRDS ID M241094
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain View Mine
Related records 10258673

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.96148, 31.47375 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Relative position APROX. 2 MI. NW OF BISBEE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bisbee(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(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 022S 023E 36 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.96148, 31.47375
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1906
Year of last production 1908

Mining district

District name Juniper Flats District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner William Truax And Oliver Dane , Mt. View Development Co.
    First year 1908

Comments on the production information

  • FEW HUNDRED TONS OF ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHALLOW SHAFTS AND A TUNNEL (1908)

Comments on development

  • ORE IN QUARTZ VEINS IN JURASSIC GRANITE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 88

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IN QUARTZ VEINS IN JURASSIC GRANITE PORPHYRY.

Reporter information

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