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Mocking Bird Mine Group

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Vanadium
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108958
MRDS ID M000018
Record type Site
Current site name Mocking Bird Mine Group
Alternate or previous names Pack Rat Group
Related records 10257185

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.13489, 32.12372 (WGS84)
Elevation 838
Relative position 3 MILES SW OF QUIJOTOA TRADING POST

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ben Nevis Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Rosa Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 015S 002E 13,14 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • W CENTER SECTION 13 , E CENTER SECTION 14 . PAPAGO INDIAN RESERVATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.13489, 32.12372
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Breccia Zone

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1880
Year of last production 1974

Production statistics

  • Year 1974
    Period 1880 - 1974
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.3 Oz Au/Ton, 1 Oz Ag/Ton, Minor Pb, Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 32g/mt
    Ore Gold Gold 9g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • SPORADIC PRODUCTION SINCE 1880'S.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, TUNNEL, AND OPEN CUT WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • OPERAOTRS INCLUDED HARDSELL & BRANCH, SILVER MINING CO., HELLDORADO GOLD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 140

  • Production

    ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 140

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) 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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