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Meade Mine

Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Alteration
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048225
MRDS ID M800318
Record type Site
Current site name Meade Mine
Related records 10258378

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.54647, 31.67375 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 8 MILES EAST SOUTH EAST OF ELFRIDA, Position Measured To Center Of South West Quarter Of Section 24, Mils

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Swisshelm Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Whitewater Draw(hydrologic unit)

Rio De Bavispe(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sonora(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 027E 24 SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED 2 MILES SOUTH OF MOST OTHER MINES IN SWISSHELM DISTRICT USBM-MILS LOCATION ASSUMED TO BE CORRECT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Naco Group
    Rock description Naco Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.54647, 31.67375
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nnw Thrust Faults In Swisshelm Mountain, Overthrust Naco Group Over Rhyolite Porphyry
Type of structure Local
Structure description Beds Strike Nw, Dip Ne

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault And Fracture Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINE NOT MENTIONED SPECIFICALLY IN LITERATURE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1911

Mining district

District name Swisshelm District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner S. W. Gunpakir, 1911

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USGS MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF 213, 1959

  • Deposit

    ABGMT BULL 187, P. 70

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-81 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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