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Rieder Tunnel

Prospect in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, 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. 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 10185522
MRDS ID M001207
MAS/MILS ID 0040030313
Record type Site
Current site name Rieder Tunnel
Alternate or previous names Rieder
Related records 10026945

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -109.26674, 31.98903 (WGS84)
Elevation 1720
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

Rustler Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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 016 S 030 E 33 SW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -109.26674, 31.98903
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name California District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ulrich Rieder
    Interest 100
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1944

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM FILE 463.2/14162

  • Deposit

    BROWN S D 1993 USBM OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 12-93, 188 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADIT, 300 FT OF DEVELOPMENT WITH A 40-FT-LONG RAISE TO SURFACE. NUMEROUS FAULTS IN LIMESTONE, IRREGULAR OCCURRENCES OF MINERALS CONSISTING OF GALENA, SPHALERITE, CHALCOPYRITE, PYRITE, MALACHITE. OF 7 SAMPLES TAKEN IN THIS ADIT, 1 HAD THE HIGHEST ASSAY CONCENTRATION OF 8.0 OUNCES/SHORT TON SILVER 8.3% LEAD, AND 4.6% ZINC. A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE MAY HAVE BEEN PRODUCED, NO RECORDS. WITHIN 2,000 FT OF THE RIEDER TUNNEL ARE AT LEAST 8 OTHER ADITS, THE LARGEST ONE HAVING 675 FT OF WORKINGS. SMALL, HI-GRADE POCKETS OF LEAD, ZINC, COPPER, AND/ OR SILVER WERE NOTED AT PLACES IN SOME OF THE ADITS. NO RESOURCES COULD BE MEASURED BECAUSE OF THE SPOTTY NATURE OF THE MINERAL OCCURRENCES; ANY PRODUCTION FROM THE ADITS WOULD HAVE BEEN SMALL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-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.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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