Meade Mine, Cochise County, Arizona, USAi
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Meade Mine | Mine |
Cochise County | County |
Arizona | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 40' 23'' North , 109° 32' 44'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Elfrida | 459 (2011) | 13.4km |
McNeal | 238 (2011) | 14.3km |
Sunizona | 281 (2011) | 25.3km |
Pirtleville | 1,744 (2015) | 35.2km |
Douglas | 16,592 (2017) | 36.5km |
Nearest Clubs:
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Club | Location | Distance |
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Sunsites Gem and Mineral Club | Pearce, Arizona | 37km |
A former small surface and underground Au-Ag-Pb mine located in the SW¼ sec. 24, T20S, R27E, 2 miles south of most other mines in the Swisshelm District and 8 miles ESE of Elfrida. Operated by S.W. Gunpakir (1911).
Mineralization is a replacement deposit hosted in the Naco Group. Ore control was fault and fracture zones. Alteration was strong oxidation.
Local structures include beds that strike NW and dip NE. NNW-trending thrust faults in the Swisshelm Mountains overthrust Naco Group over rhyolite porphyry.
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References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)USGS Mineral Resources (1911).
Cooper, J.R. (1959) Reconnaissance geologic map of southeastern Cochise County, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Investigations Field Studies Map MF-213, 1 sheet, scale 1:125,000.
Keith, Stanton B. (1973), Arizona Bureau of Geology & Mineral Technology, Geological Survey Branch Bull. 187, Index of Mining Properties in Cochise County, Arizona: 70 (Table 4).
U.S. Bureau of Mines - Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology file data.
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10048225, MRDS ID #M800318; and, Dep. ID #10258378, MAS ID #0040030736.
Other Databases
Link to USGS MRDS: | 10048225 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Mexico
- Sierra Madre OccidentalMountain Range
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Mazatzal DomainDomain
- Pedregosa BasinBasin
USA
- Arizona
- Cochise County
- Swisshelm Mining DistrictMining District
- Swisshelm MountainsMountain Range
- Cochise County
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