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Manganese Silver Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Manganese
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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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104079
MRDS ID M241137
Record type Site
Current site name Manganese Silver Mine
Related records 10282756

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.07122, 31.68652 (WGS84)
Elevation 1484
Relative position APPROX. 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)

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 23 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • N CENTRAL SEC. 23. UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.07122, 31.68652
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION OCCURRED IN MANGANESE-SILVER PHASE, AFTER THE IRON-LEAD-ZINC PHASE IN THE REST OF THE DISTRICT

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 Holt And Brown
    First year 1941
    Last year 1942

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 77

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, WILSON, AND RASOR, 1938, ABM BULL 143

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE ALONG FRACTURE ZONES IN LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1981 Gest, Don E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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