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Way Up Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, 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. 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. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046257
MRDS ID M241132
Record type Site
Current site name Way Up Mine
Related records 10112649

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.06538, 31.70957 (WGS84)
Elevation 1393
Relative position 1/10 MI. S. 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)

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 11 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • WORKINGS BENEATH TOMBSTONE, BETWEEN FREMONT AND TOUGHNUT STREETS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.06538, 31.70957
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description In Tombstone Basin, Beds Tilted Nne After Mineralization

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • "Northeast" Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tombstone District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tombstone Development Co.

Comments on the production information

  • OVER 550 TONS PRODUCED IN THE 1880'S. NO DATA REPORTED ON ABGMT-USBM FILE

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS WITHIN WAY UP CLAIM ARE MAINLY ON THE 3RD LEVEL, PROBABLY 300 FT DEEP, APPROX 1000 FT TOTAL WORKING LENGTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 80.

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 143, 1938

  • Production

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-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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Authoritative Arizona resources

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