Abe Reed Mine

Past Producer in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold
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. 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. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103739
MRDS ID M050097
Record type Site
Current site name Abe Reed Mine
Alternate or previous names Rawhide Group, Rutledge Mine
Related records 10209689

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.36874, 32.98371 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311
Relative position 3.6 MI NW OF IMPERIAL MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graham(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cobre Grande Mountain(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

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 Graham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005S 019E 23 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Horse Mountain
    Rock description Horse Mountain
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Block Faulting Trending Nnw ; Reg.Trends: Minor Pre-Cretaceous E And Ne Trending Folds And Major Post-Cretaceous Nnw Trending Faults.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NE TRENDING
    Dip 55 SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: FAULT IS IN HORSE MOUNTAIN VOLCANICS, NARROW MINERALIZED BRECCIA ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Year of first production 1947
Year of last production 1951

Mining district

District name Aravaipa District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. Reed, Don Rutlidge
    First year 1947
    Last year 1951
  • Type Owner
    Owner Reed, A.
    First year 1925

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SMALL STOPES.

Comments on development

  • 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS (1925)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 461.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 763.

  • Deposit

    1925 GEOLMAP ROSS, C.P. BULL. 763.

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP SIMONS, F.S. PROF. PAPER 461.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    SIMONS, 1964.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FAULT. CAUSED NARROW BRECCIA ZONE WHICH WAS SUBSEQUENTLY MINERALIZED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1972 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1982 Laraba, Peter (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.