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Moore Mine

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108981
MRDS ID M001049
Record type Site
Current site name Moore Mine
Related records 10235019

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.42236, 31.61596 (WGS84)
Elevation 1082
Relative position 6 MILES NW OF ARIVACA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wilbur Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brawley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 021S 009E 09 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • PLACERS NEAR THE COWBOY MINE (LOCATION GIVEN), ALONG BURRO CREEK NW OF BAGDAD, SANTA MARIA RIVER SW OF BAGDAD, AND GULCHES NW OF HILLSIDE
  • NE 1/4 SECTION 9 .

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.42236, 31.61596
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1967
Year of last production 1967

Mining district

District name Arivaca District

Production statistics

  • Year 1967
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^2 % Cu, 4 Oz Ag/Ton, Trace Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 127g/mt
    Major Ore Copper Copper 2wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • DISTRICT PLACER PRODUCTIONS

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT AND LEACHING OPERATIONS.

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED DRAHAM ENTERPRISE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN, 189 , P. 106

  • Production

    ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 106 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-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.

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.