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Dragoon Zinc-Lead Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134958
MRDS ID M001418
MAS/MILS ID 0040030310
Record type Site
Current site name Dragoon Zinc-Lead Mine
Alternate or previous names Coronado Nf Dragoon Unit, Rainbow
Related records 10026969

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.01096, 31.97623 (WGS84)
Elevation 1658
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Knob Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(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 017 S 023 E 09 NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • PATENT EXTENDS INTO SW SEC. 4.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.01096, 31.97623
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1911
Year of first production 1913

Mining district

District name Middle Pass District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Flora Hubbard
    Interest 100
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1980

Production statistics

  • Year 1914
    Description Lead-Zinc Ore 27 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lead Lead 27mt

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Inferred 90700mt ore
    Total resources 90700mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 4 wt-pct Lead Major 1994
    Zinc Zn 1 wt-pct Zinc Minor 1994

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VOELZEL, C. W., 1942, UNPUB. USBM REPORT FILE NO 464.2/1518

  • Deposit

    ON DRAGOON ZINC RECON.

  • Deposit

    HUBBARD, J. R., NO DATE, THE DRAGOON LEAD-ZINC MINE, UNPUB.

  • Deposit

    REPORT OF PATENT OWNER, 4 P.

  • Deposit

    CHATMAN, M. L., 1993, USBM OFR MLA 30-93, P. 38, D26-28.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-JAN-1994 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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