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Silver Cloud Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10234065
MRDS ID M800321
MAS/MILS ID 0040030210
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Cloud Mine
Alternate or previous names Coronado Nf Dragoon Unit
Related records 10048227

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -109.95346, 31.84293 (WGS84)
Elevation 1780
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

Black Diamond Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(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

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 25 NW Arizona

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -109.95346, 31.84293
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE PROPERTY WAS NOT EXAMINED FOR RESOURCES AS NO PERMISSION TO ENTER OR SAMPLE WAS GIVEN BY THE OWNER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1921

Mining district

District name Middle Pass District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Escapule
    Interest 100
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1955

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1973, ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 187, P. 69.

  • Deposit

    PHELPS-DODGE CORP., 1979, UNPUB. DATA ON MIDDLEMARCH PROJECT

  • Deposit

    451, AVAIL. AT WESTERN EXPLORATION OFC, DOUGLAS, AZ.

  • Deposit

    CHATMAN, M. L., 1993, USBM OFR MLA 30-93, P. 36, D118-119.

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.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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