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Intervener 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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046261
MRDS ID M241138
Record type Site
Current site name Intervener Mine
Alternate or previous names Silver Bill
Related records 10136693

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.06955, 31.70763 (WGS84)
Elevation 1379
Relative position APPROX. 1/4 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

  • CENTER SEC. 11. UTM EST.

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 Limestone And Shales
    Rock description Bisbee Group Limestone And Shales
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.06955, 31.70763
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description In Tombstone Basin. Faulting Occurred On Wnw And Nnw Trends, After Mineralization
Type of structure Local
Structure description "Northeast" Fissure Zone

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880

Mining district

District name Tombstone District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Costello, Giacoma Brothers

Comments on the production information

  • RELATIVELY SMALL SPORADIC PRODUCTION IN LATE 1880'S AND EARLY 1900'S AND A FEW HUNDRED TONS IN THE 1940'S

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AT 200 FT IN 1947

Comments on development

  • CLAIM PATENTED IN 1880, COSTELLO CLAIM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 77.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OREBODIES ALONG A "NORTHEAST" FISSURE ZONE CUTTING LIMESTONE AND SHALE.

Reporter information

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