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Wakefield Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10160919
MRDS ID M050353
MAS/MILS ID 0040030226
Record type Site
Current site name Wakefield Mine
Alternate or previous names Coronado N.F. Part 8., Blue Jay, Jack Wakefield, Covellite
Related records 10109605

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.34876, 31.40454 (WGS84)
Elevation 1910
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

Miller Peak(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 023 S 020 E 30 SWNE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Scheelite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.34876, 31.40454
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N25W
    Dip 65W
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Strike And Dip N25W:65W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 911008

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1896
Year of first production 1896

Mining district

District name New Reef

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Arid Mines And Development Co
    Year 1973

Production statistics

  • Year 1940
    Period 1896-1940
    Description 1896-1940: Over 100 St Au-Ag Ore.
  • Year 1944
    Period 1943-1944
    Description 1943-1944: About 10 St W Ore.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Tungsten Tungsten 11.02mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH S B 1973 ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 187 P 67

  • Deposit

    DALE, V.B. ET AL, 1960, USBM RI 5650, P. 34-35.

  • Deposit

    LUDINGTON, STEVE, 1984, USGS OFR 84-293, P. 3-4.

  • Deposit

    TUFTIN, S.E., ARMSTRONG, R.C., 1994, USBM OFR MLA 1-94.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-NOV-1993 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.

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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