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La Libre Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048095
MRDS ID M800082
Record type Site
Current site name La Libre Mine
Related records 10259279

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.71512, 31.94151 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 3 MILES NORTH AND 1/2 MILE EAST FROM MT. FAGAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Fagan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 017S 016E 21 S2 OF CENTER Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NEARBY C&H MINE HAS PYRITE, COPPER CARBONATES

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.71512, 31.94151
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Faulted Paleozoic Limestone Blocks

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINE NOT MENTIONED IN ABGMT 189. CUPRITE DISTRICT DESCRIPTION USED, INCLUDING C&H MINE IN SAME SECTION, M050491

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1941
Year of last production 1941

Mining district

District name Cuprite District

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. F. Mendoza

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT 189, P. 124 AND 125

  • Deposit

    ABGMT - USBM FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Gest, Don E. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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