The Pit

Prospect in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10209952
MAS/MILS ID 0040030851
Record type Site
Current site name The Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -109.95346, 31.88183 (WGS84)
Elevation 1863
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

Cochise Stronghold(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(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 Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 018 S 023 E 12 C W2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SKARN SIMILAR TO THAT OF MIDDLEMARCH MINE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1970

Mining district

District name Middle Pass District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Inferred 6900mt ore
    Total resources 6900mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 4.9 wt-pct Zinc Major 1993
    Copper Cu 0.97 wt-pct Copper Major 1993
    Silver Ag 14.4 g/mt Silver Minor 1993

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE LARGE PITS OR CUTS, TWO FLOODED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHATMAN, M. L., 1993, USBM OFR MLA 30-93, P. D86-88.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-FEB-1994 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.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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