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March Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104068
MRDS ID M241084
Record type Site
Current site name March Mine
Alternate or previous names Rydbom
Related records 10282723

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.54314, 31.70347 (WGS84)
Elevation 1670
Relative position APPROX 9 MI ESE OF ELFRIDA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Swisshelm Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(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)

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 020S 027E 12,11 S2 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • S CENTRAL SEC 12, UTM ESTIMATED.

Commodities

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Naco Group
    Rock description Naco Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.54314, 31.70347
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nnw Thrust Faults In Swisshelms Overthrust Penn Naco Group Over Rhyolite Porphyry
Type of structure Local
Structure description On Upthrown Side Of Nw Trending Fault; Penn Naco Group Strikes Nw

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault And Fracture Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1960
Year of last production 1965

Mining district

District name Swisshelm District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mpm Mining And Exploration Corp.
    First year 1986

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND TUNNEL WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • PREVIOUS OPERATORS INCLUDE RYDBOM. DURING 1984-86 PERIOD, MPM CARRIED OUT GEOLOGIC MAPPING AND SURFACE DRILLING OF THIS PROPERTY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 71.

  • Deposit

    COOPER, 1956, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP MF-213.

  • Deposit

    NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OXIDIZED ZINC AND MINOR LEAD AND COPPER MINERALIZATION IN IRREGULAR OREBODY IN OVERTHRUST BLOCK OF LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1982 Roth, Frances A. (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-SEP-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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