| Deposit ID | 10048349 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M899936 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Chief Mine |
| Related records | 10210316 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.7454, 31.47431 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1539 |
| Relative position | 8 MILES SE OF PATAGONIA; 2 MILES NW OF HARSHAW |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Santa Cruz(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Harshaw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Nogales(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)
Federal lands
Coronado National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Santa Cruz |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 022S | 016E | 31 | CENTER OF SE | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Freibergite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Result | EARLY 1900'S ASSAY VALUES AVERAGED 25 OZ/TON AU |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| (1) | -110.7454, 31.47431 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | General Structure Common To Regional Formations Is A Sheeting Which Dips 40 Nnw |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | N60e Trending Silexite Dike |
| General form | STRINGERS |
|---|---|
| Width | 3.66M |
| General form | STRINGERS |
|---|
| General form | STRINGERS |
|---|
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1875 |
| District name | Harshaw District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 243.84M |
| Overall depth | 70.1M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M899936 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040230148 |
ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA, CHIEF MINE
USBM FILES, CHIEF
SCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 251
ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, CHIEF MINE-PATAGONIA
ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITH
SIMONS, FRANK S., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000)
KARTCHNER, WAYNE E., 1944, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF A PORTION OF THE HARSHAW DISTRICT, PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; PHD. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, P. 91-92
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PROPERTY LOCATED ON A NUMBER OF VEINS, INCLUDING THE FLUX AND WORLD'S FAIR VEINS |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1982 | Calder, Susan R. | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology |
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