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Red Cloud Mine

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109610
MRDS ID M050398
Record type Site
Current site name Red Cloud Mine
Related records 10186189

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.64096, 31.87152 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Relative position 9 MILES SSW OF PANTANO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Empire Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rillito(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(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 Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 18S 17E 18 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SECTION 18.

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE AVERAGED 17 PCT. PB, 400 OZ. AG. PER TON. ORE IS OXIDIZED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Massive Sulfide Gossan

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.64096, 31.87152
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 50 SE.
    Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Empire District

Comments on the production information

  • MINE HAS SHIPPED CONSIDERABLE ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • 50 FT. SHAFT, 10 FT. PROSPECT PIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., 1915, U.S.G.S. BULL. 582

  • Deposit

    FINNELL, 1971, USGS MAP OPEN FILE.

  • Deposit

    CREASEY, S.C.,1973

  • Production

    SCHRADER, 1915

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNMINED ORE PRESENT IN 1915.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1972 Bergquist, Joel R. 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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