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Silver Tip

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodity 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10136858
MRDS ID TC35931
MAS/MILS ID 0040030747
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Tip
Related records 10095994

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -109.05703, 31.48185 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
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

Guadalupe Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Bernardino Valley(hydrologic unit)

Rio De Bavispe(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sonora(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 023 S 032 E 26 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -109.05703, 31.48185
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Joe Groom
    Interest 100
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1969

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO ADITS, 240 AND 30 FT LONG; A 75-FT SHAFT DRIVEN TO INTERSECT THE FACE OF LARGER ADIT, AND SOME SMALL PROSPECT PITS. THE MAIN ADIT INTERSECTED A 10-FT-WIDE FAULT ZONE STRIKING N. 8 W., DIP 70 SW. HOST ROCK ALTERED VOLCANIC ROCK. MINERALS IDENTIFIED WERE PYRITE AND ARSENOPYRITE SIXTEEN SAMPLES HAD GENERALLY LOW GOLD VALUES WITH A HIGH VALUE 4,540 PPB GOLD. LOW CONCENTRATIONS FOR OTHER METALS, BUT HIGH MERCURY ANOMALIES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZ DEPT MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA 1969

  • Deposit

    HAYES, P. T., & OTHERS, U.S.G.S. MISC FIELD STUDIES MAP

  • Deposit

    MF-1425-B.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-AUG-93 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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