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Hosey Mine Group

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, 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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10258861
MAS/MILS ID 0040230226
Record type Site
Current site name Hosey Mine Group
Alternate or previous names Presidential, Unit, Az, Usbm Ofr Mla 11-94., Augusta, Exposed Reef, Red Cloud, Coronado Nf, Part 12, Santa Rita Mt

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.84508, 31.62793 (WGS84)
Elevation 1730
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Wrightson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(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 Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 021 S 015 E 07 NENE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -110.84508, 31.62793
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Date of Last Modification 941007

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1905

Mining district

District name Wrightson

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Presidental Mg Co; Leek; Ferguson; Mcdonald Mg Co;
    Year 1975
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Altamirano And Matrecita
    Year 1975

Production statistics

  • Year 1936
    Period Thru 1936
    Description Thru 1936 15% Pb, 9% Cu, 9 Oz/T Ag, +Au 450 Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Silver Silver 254g/mt
    Major Copper Copper 9wt-pct
    Major Lead Lead 15wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH S B 1975 AZBM BULL 191 P 89

  • Deposit

    USBM FIELD NOTES CU41

  • Deposit

    AZBM CARD FILE SANTA CRUZ CTY

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER F C 1915 USGS BULL 582 P230-231

  • Deposit

    W H WEED, 1918, THE MINES HANDBOOK, V. XIII, P. 500.

  • Deposit

    ADMMR FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-OCT-1994 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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