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Aqua Verde Mine

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Dolomite, Limestone, General
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048083
MRDS ID M800064
Record type Site
Current site name Aqua Verde Mine
Related records 10283728

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.63626, 32.04234 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position Within Radius Of 500 Feet

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Haivana Nakya(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver Bell Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Aguirre Valley(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 016S 017E 17,18 NE (17) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • ASSUMED SPOT AT CENTER OF NE 1/4 SECTION 17, WITH ROAD WITHIN 100 YARDS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Dolomite Tertiary
Limestone, General Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Dolomite Ore
Limestone Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Epitaph Dolomite;Colina Limestone
    Rock description Epitaph Dolomite;Colina Lst

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.63626, 32.04234
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSITS IN AREA INCLUDE MINERALIZATION ALONG FISSURE AND FAULT ZONES IN THRUST AND BLOCK FAULTED PRECAMBRIAN QUARTZITE AND DIABASE, PALEOZOIC LIMESTONE, AND CRETACEOUS SEDIMENTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1951
Year of last production 1952

Mining district

District name Rincon District

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Jose Rodriguez

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL PITS AND TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT 189, P. 141.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-81 Gest, Don E. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-APR-89 Orris, Greta J. 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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