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Shaft, Trench, Decline

Prospect in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Antimony, Cadmium, 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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10210036
MAS/MILS ID 0040030193
Record type Site
Current site name Shaft, Trench, Decline

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -109.18534, 31.93453 (WGS84)
Elevation 1652
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

Portal(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 017 S 031 E 21 C E2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Secondary
Cadmium Secondary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -109.18534, 31.93453
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name California District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PORTAL QUAD

  • Deposit

    BROWN S D 1993 USBM OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 12-93

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAIN WORKING IS A SHAFT, 150-200 FT JUDGING FROM SIZE OF DUMP, ADJACENT TRENCH 30 X 8 X 20 FT DEEP, 15 FT DECLINE. CALCITE VEIN, PINCHES AND SWELLS FROM 1/2 TO 2-1/2 FT THICK, STRIKE N. 40 W., VERTICAL DIP; VEIN HAS ABUNDANT DISSEMINATED GALENA; PYRITE, MALACHITE, TETRAHEDRITE; MINOR MALACHITE AND CHRYSOCOLLA. COUNTRY ROCK MASSIVE, GRAY LIMESTONE. TWO SELECT SAMPLES HAD 23.1 AND 11.2 OZ/ST SILVER; 1.2 AND O.5% COPPER; O.7 AND 1.1% LEAD; 0.4 AND 1.0% ZINC; 0.33 AND 0.26 ANTIMONY; AND GREATER THAN 100 PPM CADMIUM. MINE MAY HAVE HAD SMALL PRODUCTION, NO RECORDS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-JUL-1993 Brown, Don 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

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