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Powers Mine

Past Producer in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102425
MRDS ID M001727
Record type Site
Current site name Powers Mine
Related records 10161088

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.34539, 32.59289 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position 1.6 MI N-NE OF KIELBERG PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graham(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bassett Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(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)

Galiuro Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Graham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010S 020E 06 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • N-NW OF THE LONG TOM MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.34539, 32.59289
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 20 W
    Dip 55 SW
    Width 30.48M
  • General form LINEAR
    Dip 55 SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1908

Mining district

District name Rattlesnake District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner USBM-ABGMT List As Past Operators; Powers Gold And Development Co., And Consolidated Galiuro Gol

Comments on the production information

  • USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA SHOWS PRODUCTION FROM 1932 TO 1940. WILSON (1934) REPORTED THAT PRIOR TO 1918, THE POWERS FAMILY AND OTHERS WORKED THE MINE ON A SMALL SCALE AND MILLED SOME ORE WITH ARRASTRES.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 129.54M
    Overall depth 24.38M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 137, P. 193.

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA.

  • Production

    A. B. M. 137 , P. 193 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE CONSISTS OF BRECCIATED, SILICIFIED RHYOLITE WITH SMALL, SCATTERED BUNCHES OF LIMONITE AND CHRYSOCOLLA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1982 Laraba, Peter (Gest, Don E.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 18-APR-1995 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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