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Adit, Shaft

Prospect in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10210093
MAS/MILS ID 0040030002
Record type Site
Current site name Adit, Shaft
Alternate or previous names USGS Portal Quad

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -109.17644, 31.93373 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
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

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 017 S 031 E 21 SE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -109.17644, 31.93373
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • 30-FT-LONG INCLINED ADIT INTERSECTS MAJOR SHEAR ZONE UP TO 8 FT THICK IN LIMESTONE AND ALTERED LIMESTONE, MALACHITE, MINOR AZURITE AND CHRYSOCOLLA. ADJACENT SHAFT, 42 FT DEEP, MAJOR SHEAR ABOUT 5 FT THICK IN LIMESTONE AND ALTERED LIMESTONE, MALACHITE AND MINOR AZURITE AND CHRYSOCOLLA. IN ADDITION TO COPPER, SMALL AMOUNT OF LEAD AND ZINC IN SAMPLE ASSAYS.

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

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

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