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Silver Shield Mine

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Mercury
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108982
MRDS ID M001056
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Shield Mine
Alternate or previous names Colorado Clark
Related records 10256944

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.28541, 31.65124 (WGS84)
Elevation 1143
Relative position 6 MILES NE OF ARIVACA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cerro Colorado(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 020S 010E 35 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SECTION 35

Commodities

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.28541, 31.65124
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, LENSING, SPOTTY

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 1955

Mining district

District name Cerro Colorado District

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1880'S TO EARLY 1900'S

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKED INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1880'S TO 1955

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED JOHN A. FOLK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 114

  • Production

    ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 114 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OXIDIZED

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.

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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.