Montana

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. 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 10207565
MRDS ID M050255
MAS/MILS ID 0040230070
Record type Site
Current site name Montana
Alternate or previous names Rough and Ready, Miller Hansen-Grp, Eagle Pitcher
Related records 10039546

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.23539, 31.45823 (WGS84)
Elevation 1295
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ruby(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Atascosa Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio De La Concepcion(hydrologic unit)

Rio De La Concepcion(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 Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 023 S 011 E 05 SWNE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Gold Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -111.23539, 31.45823

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 221M
    Length 305M
    Width 15M
    Depth to top 7.6M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Date of Last Modification 910917

Comments on the geologic information

  • STRIKE IS E-W. DIP IS 40 TO 90 DEGREES NORTH.
  • THE SILVER MINERAL PRESENT IS UNDETERMINED.

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 Oro Blanco

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Tech Assoc
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1979
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Orion Co; Montana Co; Zeckendorf; Eagle-Picher Mg
    Home office Arizona

Production statistics

  • Year 1940
    Period 1928-1940
    Description 1928-40. 773197 St Ore
  • Year 1958
    Period 1940'S-1958
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description 1940'S-1958. Grades Given In Comments. 870000 Estimated St Ore

Comments on the production information

  • GRADES FOR RECORD 001: 3.5% PB, 3.5% ZN, 5 TR OZ/ST AG, 0.5 TR OZ/ST AU, 0.3% CU.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    RESOURCE ESTIMATE IN RESOURCE RECORD 1 WAS CALCULATED BY

  • Reserve-Resource

    M.B. SAWYER, BUMINES, DENVER, CO, FROM DATA PROVIDED IN

  • Reserve-Resource

    PUBLISHED SOURCES. SEE THE COMMENTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

  • Reserve-Resource

    NIEMUTH, N.J. ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT, 1984-1986. AZ

  • Reserve-Resource

    DEP. MINES AND MINER. RESOUR., REP. D-29(87), 1987, 46 PP.

  • Deposit

    REPORT OF REGION CONTIGOUS TO THE MONTANO MINE

  • Deposit

    PRIVATE RECORDS

  • Deposit

    INDEX OF MINING PROP IN SANTA CRUZ CTY

  • Deposit

    AZBM CARD FILE SANTA CRUZ CTY

  • Deposit

    USBM FIELD NOTES P 137

  • Deposit

    ADMR MONTANA MINE FILE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-SEP-91 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

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