Eocene Research Plant

Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodity Silver
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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10234061
MAS/MILS ID 0040030083
Record type Site
Current site name Eocene Research Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -110.14396, 31.64404 (WGS84)
Elevation 1265
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fairbank(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 020 S 021 E 36 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -110.14396, 31.64404

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Eocene Research Co.
    ID 201857
    Interest 100
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    US MSHA 1978 METAL NON-METAL MINE FILE REFERENCE

  • Deposit

    US MSHA 1978 METAL NON-METAL MINE INFORMATION SUPPLEMENT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 07/24/1980
MSHA mine ID0201857
Mine name (MSHA)Fox #1-Fox #2 Or Fox #3
Current operatorEocene Research Ltd
Current controller (parent)Jewett George M
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

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