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Muheim Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10282869
MAS/MILS ID 0040030190
Record type Site
Current site name Muheim Mine
Alternate or previous names White Metal, Coronado Nf Dragoon Unit, Zinc Basin, White Tail, Grant Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -109.97756, 31.88403 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
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

Cochise Stronghold(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 10 C E2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cadmium Tertiary
Copper Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -109.97756, 31.88403
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1924

Mining district

District name Middle Pass District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1924
    Description Zinc-Silver Ore 75 Mt
  • Year 1928
    Description Zinc-Silver Ore 55 Mt
  • Year 1929
    Description Zinc-Silver Ore 67 Mt

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Inferred 33600mt ore
    Total resources 33600mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 4.38 wt-pct Zinc Major 1994
    Silver Ag 168 g/mt Silver Minor 1994

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MILLER, C. P., 1913, UNPUB. NOTES ON SAN JUAN GROUP, AVAIL.

  • Deposit

    AT CO. SCHOOL OF MINES LIBRARY, P. 1.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, 1992, VOL. 103, NO. 15, APRIL 8, P. 1.

  • Deposit

    CEDERSTROM, D. J., 1946, GEOL. OF THE CENTRAL DRAGOON MTNS.,

  • Deposit

    PHD DISSERTATION, UNIV. ARIZ., P. 89.

  • Deposit

    ANACONDA GEOL. DOC. COLL., 1952, DOCUMENT 8019.

  • Deposit

    CHATMAN, M. L., 1993, USBM OFR MLA 30-93, P. 28-29, D74-75.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OPEN ADITS AND SHAFT, AND SUBSIDED AREAS, POSE HUMAN HAZARD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-JAN-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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