Pine-Zinc Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, 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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10258596
MRDS ID M241040
MAS/MILS ID 0040030196
Record type Site
Current site name Pine-Zinc Mine
Related records 10046197

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -109.30344, 31.95233 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
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

Rustler Park(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 017 S 030 E 17 NW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -109.30344, 31.95233

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name California District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Pursley
    Interest 100
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1948

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH S B 1973 ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 187 P 54

  • Deposit

    TSUJI K S 1984 U OF ARIZ MS THESIS P 2, 16

  • Deposit

    BROWN S D 1993 USBM OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 12-93 P 102

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THESE WORKINGS COULD NOT BE LOCATED DURING FIELD INVESTIGATION, APPARENTLY SMALL WORKINGS. ABOUT 365 SHORT TONS OF ORE PRODUCED BETWEEN 1947-49. OXIDIZED LEAD-ZINC MINERALIZATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-JUL-93 ADMR/Brown 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.