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Sampson, Boston, and Way Up Claims

Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, Silver, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109618
MRDS ID M050541
Record type Site
Current site name Sampson, Boston, and Way Up Claims
Related records 10158699

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.2951, 31.37014 (WGS84)
Elevation 2103

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Montezuma Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nogales(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)

Federal lands

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 24S 20E 02,03 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 SEC. 2. SE 1/4 SEC. 3. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PARTIALLY OXIDIZED COPPER AND ZINC SULFIDES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Huachuca Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Huachuca Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Bisbee Group
    Rock description Bisbee Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.2951, 31.37014
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE ALONG FAULT FISSURES IN CRET BISBEE GROUP BEDS AND IN EXOTIC BLOCKS OF LIMESTONE IN TRI-JUR VOLCANICS CUT BY QUARTZ MONZONITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hartford District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Schwarzenbach
    First year 1973

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 90 TONS OF ORE PRODUCED IN 1937.

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • OPERATOR C.B. STRICKLAND IN 1937

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, B.S., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 65.

  • Deposit

    HAYES, 1970, USGS PP 658-A

  • Production

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1973 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-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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