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Quartzite Mine

Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, 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. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048126
MRDS ID M800153
Record type Site
Current site name Quartzite Mine
Related records 10112528

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.0801, 31.67485 (WGS84)
Elevation 1570
Relative position ABOUT 2.7 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST 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)

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 Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 020S 022E 22 SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SHAFT LOCATED ON SOUTHEAST SLOPE OF AJAX HILL ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Abrigo Limestone; Bolsa Quartzite
    Rock description Abrigo Limestone; Bolsa Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.0801, 31.67485
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Western Edge Of Ajax Hill Horst

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Deposit Is Near Contact With Precambrian Granodiorite

Comments on the geologic information

  • THIS DEPOSIT IS NOT DESCRIBED SPECIFICALLY IN LITERATURE. MINERALIZATION OCCURRED DURING LEAD-ZINC PHASE, BEFORE MANGANESE MINERALIZATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1951
Year of last production 1953

Mining district

District name Tombstone District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Escapule, E. P.
    First year 1953

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 143, 1938.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LIMESTONE IS THE MOST PROBABLE HOST ROCK ACCORDING TO GEOLOGIC MAP, SO REPLACEMENT IS MOST PROBABLE DEPOSIT TYPE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 Roth, Frances A. (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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