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Unknown; In Buckhorn Basin

Prospect in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodity Gold
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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 10282496
MAS/MILS ID 0040030557
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown; In Buckhorn Basin
Alternate or previous names End Roadless Area, Mineral Investigation of the North

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -109.36564, 32.07513 (WGS84)
Elevation 1793
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cochise Head(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(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 016 S 029 E 02 NW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -109.36564, 32.07513
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Economic information

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

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS: 1 MAJOR SHAFT, MEASURED 92 FT DEEP, DUMP SIZE SUGGESTS SEVERAL HUNDRED FT OF WORKINGS; SHAFT 15 FT DEEP; SMALL PIT; ADIT, LESS THAN 100 FT LONG. ON AND NEAR CONTACT WITH HORQUILLA LIMESTONE AND GRANITIC ROCK, MAJOR FAULT, ALTERED ROCK, ABUNDANT PYRITE CONTAINING MINOR AMOUNT OF GOLD. NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN S D 1993 USBM OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 12-93 P 74

  • Deposit

    RICHTER D H, OTHERS, 1983 USGS MISC INVEST SERIES MAP

  • Deposit

    I-1310-B SCALE 1;250,000

  • Deposit

    DREWES HAROLD 1981 USGS MISC INVEST SERIES MAP I-1312

  • Deposit

    SCALE 1:24,000

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-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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