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Mccafferty Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048099
MRDS ID M800087
Record type Site
Current site name Mccafferty Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.3643, 31.60513 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 1/2 MILES NNW OF ARIVACA TOWNSITE, EAST OF MCCAFFERTY CANYON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arivaca(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brawley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 021S 010E 18 NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • ASSUMED CENTER OF NE 1/4 ON ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES MILS LISTING. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Amado Granite
    Rock description Amado Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.3643, 31.60513
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • NOT MENTIONED SPECIFICALLY IN ABGMT 189. AMADO AREA DESCRIPTIONS USED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1935
Year of last production 1935

Mining district

District name Amado District

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Jack White

Comments on development

  • 5 TONS PRODUCTION ONLY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT 189, P. 104.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT - USBM FILE DATA.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

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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Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.