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Unnamed Deposit

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088608
MRDS ID M050209
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.02066, 32.12095 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433
Relative position 3 MILES SE OF JOHNSON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dragoon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willcox Playa(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 015S 023E 17,20 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE PROBABLY CONTAINS 1 TO 3 PCT. CU, 5 TO 15 PCT PB AND 5 TO 20 OZ AG PER TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Glance Conglomerate
    Rock description Glance Conglomerate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.02066, 32.12095
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tertiary Block Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N To Nw Trending Folds And Thrust Faults Overriding To Ne.

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS
    Strike EW
    Dip 50 TO 60 N.
    Thickness 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SILICIFIED FAULT ZONES AND NARROW QUARTZ FILLED FISSURES ARE MINERALIZED. NEARLY ALL METALIZED VEINS OCCUR IN GLANCE CONGLOMERATE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1910
Year of first production 1910

Mining district

District name Cochise District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION SINCE 1910 HAS PROBABLY BEEN LESS THAN 100 TONS.

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS DEVELOP PROSPECTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOME VEINS STRIKE NE AND DIP 85 NW. THESE VEINS CONTAIN PB-AG MINERALS. OTHER VEINS STRIKING WEST- NORTH WEST DIPPING 70 TO 85 N CONTAIN LIMONITE AND OXIDIZED CU MINERALS.
Deposit THIS INFORMATION PERTAINS TO SEVERAL UNNAMED PROSPECTS IN NORTHERN GUNNISON HILLS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1972 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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