Walter and Mildred Mine

Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109833
MRDS ID M800147
Record type Site
Current site name Walter and Mildred Mine
Related records 10209673

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.29538, 31.37042 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 2 MILES NORTH WEST OF MONTEZUMA PEAK

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 024S 020E 3 SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED AT END OF FOOT TRAIL, BESIDE A SPRING ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Morita Formation
    Rock description Morita Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.29538, 31.37042

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Many Nw Trending Faults Through Huachuca Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Near Hanging Wall Of A Fault, Nw Trending

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Possibly Associated With Fault As Mapped By Hayes And Raup, 1968

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1935
Year of last production 1937

Mining district

District name Hartford District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Edwin A Althaus

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS, MAP I-509, 1968.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT 187, P. 64-66

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLY VEIN. AS SMALL VEIN DEPOSITS ARE NEARBY. REPLACEMENT IS ANOTHER POSSIBILITY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 Roth, Frances A. (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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