Shaft

Occurrence in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodity Copper
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10137768
MAS/MILS ID 0040090312
Record type Site
Current site name Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -109.87566, 32.59591 (WGS84)
Elevation 1623
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graham(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fort Grant(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Safford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willcox Playa(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 Graham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010 S 024 E 03 SWNE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -109.87566, 32.59591

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS STOCKTON PASS QUAD

  • Deposit

    BROWN, S. D., 1993, MINERAL APPRAISAL OF THE CORONADO

  • Deposit

    NATIONAL FOREST, PART 1, PINALENO-GREASEWOOD MOUNTAINS

  • Deposit

    UNIT, GRAHAM COUNTY, ARIZONA: USBM OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA

  • Deposit

    8-93, 76 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ELEVEN-FT-DEEP SHAFT ON CONTACT BETWEEN GRANITE AND A MAFIC DIKE; CHALCOPYRITE DISSEMINATED IN QUARTZ VEINLETS, MALACHITE STAINS. NO EVIDENCE OF CONTINUITY OF MINERALS AT SURFACE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-JUL-93 ADMR/Brown U.S. Bureau of Mines

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.