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Little Doe Mine

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Uranium
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Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098205
MRDS ID M000176
Record type Site
Current site name Little Doe Mine
Related records 10258881

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.34041, 31.50041 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arivaca(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio De La Concepcion(hydrologic unit)

Rio De La Concepcion(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sonora(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 022S 010E 20 CENTER OF S2 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Uranium Secondary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Jurassic volcanic rocks
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractured Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MINERALIZED ZONE IN SILICIFIED FRACTURED RHYOLITE. RADIOACTIVITY CONFINED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SMALL POCKETS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yellow Jacket District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • 5 TOONS TO 1952

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S.B.M. CARD FILE.

  • Deposit

    USAEC PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE REPORT 172-489.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED ZONE IN SILICIFIED RHYOLITE. RADIOACTIVITY CONFINED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SMALL POCKETS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1982 Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo) 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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