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Soltice Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, 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. 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 10104077
MRDS ID M241130
Record type Site
Current site name Soltice Mine
Alternate or previous names Mellgren Group
Related records 10233843

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.09622, 31.70207 (WGS84)
Elevation 1359
Relative position 1 1/2 MI. SW. OF TOMBSTONE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tombstone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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 Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 020S 022E 09 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 SEC. 9. UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Uncle Sam Quartz Latite Porphyry
    Rock description Uncle Sam Quartz Latite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Chronological age 72
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Bisbee Group Beds
    Rock description Bisbee Group Beds
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Chronological age 72

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.09622, 31.70207
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Fissure Vein

Comments on the geologic information

  • OXIDIZED ORE ALONG A FAULT FISSURE VEIN CUTTING CRETACEOUS BEDS CLOSE TO CONTACT WITH QUARTZ LATITE PORPHYRY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tombstone District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Soltice Mng. And Mllng. Co., Tombstone Silver Fields Co.

Comments on the production information

  • INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION FROM 1911-1940.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED L.F. WINTERS, HULL, CROCHETTI, C.R. JACKSON

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 79.

  • Deposit

    MARVIN, STERN, CREASEY, AND MEHNERT, 1973, USGS BULL 1379

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEDS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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