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Unnamed Adit Complex

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10282506
MAS/MILS ID 0040030055
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Adit Complex

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -109.24894, 31.95373 (WGS84)
Elevation 1872
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

Portal(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(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 017 S 030 W 13 C E2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -109.24894, 31.95373
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name California District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN S D 1993 USBM OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 12-93, 188 P

  • Deposit

    DALE V B & OTHERS 1960 USBM RI 5650 P 16-17

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MULTI-LEVEL UNDERGROUND MINE WITH WINZES, RAISES, AND STOPES; MORE THAN 1,600 FT OF ACCESSIBLE PORTION OF MINE MAPPED, COULD BE SEVERAL HUNDRED FT OF INACCESSIBLE WORKINGS. MAJOR GOSSAN ZONE UP TO 100 FT DIAMETER, IN ALTERED LIMESTONE, NEAR CONTACT WITH AN IGNEOUS BODY. ABUNDANT PYRITE AND MALACHITE IRREGULARLY DISTRIBUTED IN GOSSAN. PROMINENT FAULTS. 30 SAMPLES FROM THIS MINE AVERAGED 0.4% COPPER AND 1.23% ZINC. NO RECORDS OF PRODUCTION, LIKELY SMALL COPPER AND ZINC PRODUCTION. ABOUT 200 FT NORTH OF THIS MINE ARE TWO ADJACENT ADITS WITH 385 FT OF WORKINGS, ALSO IN A GOSSAN ZONE. MOST ROCK IN THESE ADITS IS A HIGHLY ALTERED IRON-RICH ROCK WITH HEMATITE, LIMONITE, GOUGE, AND COMMON MALACHITE STAINS. 11 SAMPLES FROM THESE ADITS AVERAGED 0.43% COPPER AND 1.0% ZINC.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-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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