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Fittsburg Prospect

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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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 10104063
MRDS ID M241068
Record type Site
Current site name Fittsburg Prospect
Alternate or previous names Six Mile Hill Mine Group
Related records 10185586

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.83343, 31.89652 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position APPROX 2 MI SW OF PEARCE, NW SIDE OF SIX MILE HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pearce(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(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)

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 Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 018S 025E 06 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 SEC 6. UTM EST ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    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) -109.83343, 31.89652
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Flows Dip 30-40ne, Strike Nw; N-S Faults Present, Probably Pre-Mineralization

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures In Rhyolite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pearce District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW TONS OF ORE PRODUCED ABOUT 1895-1896.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 70.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, 1927, GEOLOGY OF THE COMMONWEALTH MINE AREA, UNIV OF ARIZ PHD THESIS

  • Production

    KEITH, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILVER AND GOLD HALIDES IN IRREGULAR, NARROW STRINGERS IN FRACTURED RHYOLITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1981 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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