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71 Minerals Dump

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048125
MRDS ID M800152
Record type Site
Current site name 71 Minerals Dump

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.0601, 31.70291 (WGS84)
Elevation 1411
Relative position ABOUT 0.7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOMBSTONE. DUMP PILE IS ON TOPOGRAPHIC MAP

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 12 SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1974
Year of first production 1974
Year of last production 1977

Mining district

District name Tombstone District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner 71 Minerals Co.
    First year 1977

Comments on the workings information

  • LEACHING OPERATION

Comments on development

  • DUMP PILE, ASSEMBLED FROM DUMPS THROUGHOUT TOMBSTONE AREA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DUMP PILE
Deposit MIXTURE OF ORE MATERIAL FROM THROUGHOUT TOMBSTONE DISTRICT ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-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

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