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Easter Sunday Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102423
MRDS ID M001709
Record type Site
Current site name Easter Sunday Mine
Related records 10234259

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.83148, 31.42958 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bisbee NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Douglas(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 023S 025E 17 NW OF SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • W. CENTRAL SEC. 17. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartzite Ore
Silver Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Morita Formation
    Rock description Morita Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.83148, 31.42958
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Gold Hill District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • AU-AG FLUX PRODUCED.

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL A FEW HUNDRED FT IN LENGTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 86.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 21, 1904, P.119

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FREE GOLD, AURIFEROUS PYRITE, AND CALCITE IN A FRACTURED QUARTZITE BED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1982 Laraba, Peter (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-JUN-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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