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Rough Mountain Quartz Vein

Occurrence in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Quartz, Gold, Silver, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060240
MRDS ID TC10209
Record type Site
Current site name Rough Mountain Quartz Vein

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.55787, 32.24484 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position Estimated-- Within 0.1 Miles.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dos Cabezas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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

Comments on the location information

  • IN DOS CABEZAS MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • QUARTZ IS SUITABLE AS FLUX FOR CU SMELTING.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.55787, 32.24484
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DREWES, HARALD, ABRAMS, G.A., HASSEMER, J.R., AND ZELTEN, J.E., 1986, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE DOS CABEZAS MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1703D, 27 P

  • Reserve-Resource

    DREWES AND OTHERS, 1986

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VEIN IS FLAT-LYING AND EXPOSED NEAR THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-89 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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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