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Dividend Tunnel

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Beryllium, Bismuth, Copper, Tungsten
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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. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10160817
MRDS ID M050026
MAS/MILS ID 0040030128
Record type Site
Current site name Dividend Tunnel
Alternate or previous names Bluebird, Bluebird Hill, Primos Group
Related records 10039397

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.08206, 32.07572 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dragoon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 016 S 022 E 03 NE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Secondary
Bismuth Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Early Tertiary to Late Cretaceous granitic rocks
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cochise District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Primos Chemical Co

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH S B 1973 ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 187 P 56

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE USGS MRDS ID NO. GIVEN IS FOR THE PRIMOS GROUP. OTHER NUMBERS INCLUDE M050028 (BLUEBIRD) AND M050026 (DIVIDEND TUNNEL). THE DIVIDEND TUNNEL IS ON THE SAME GEOLOGIC STRUCTURE AS THE BLUEBIRD MINE, BUT IS LOCATED 3000 FT TO THE NE OF THE BLUEBIRD PROPERTY. THE TWO PROPERTIES ARE PART OF THE PRIMOS GROUP. SEE SEQ. NO. 0040030102 (BLUEBIRD) FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-SEP-91 ADMR 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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