The Unnamed Adit/Trench is a gold mine located in Graham county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,672 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,672 Feet (1,424 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 32.5853, -109.76310
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Unnamed Adit/Trench MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Adit/Trench
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Arizona
County: Graham
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
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Workings
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Deposit): ADIT, 100 FT LONG WITH STOPE TO SURFACE, JOINS TRENCH 40 FT LONG, 10 FT DEEP. PROMINENT FAULT IN PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE, STRIKE N. 38 E., VERTICAL DIP; FRACTURED, ALTERED GRANITE, CLAYEY GOUGE, QUARTZ STRINGERS AND FRAGMENTS, PYRITE AND GALENA. OF 4 SAMPLES FROM THE STRUCTURE, 2 HAD GOLD CONCENTRATIONS OF 2,730 AND 2,600 PPB; THE AVERAGE WAS 1,350 PPB GOLD. THE AVERAGE ASSAY FOR COPPER WAS 353 PPM, FOR LEAD, 1,570 PPM, AND FOR ZINC, 312 PPM.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS STOCKTON PASS QUAD
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, S. D., 1993, MINERAL APPRAISAL OF THE CORONADO
Reference (Deposit): NATIONAL FOREST, PART 1, PINALENO-GREASEWOOD MOUNTAINS
Reference (Deposit): UNIT, GRAHAM COUNTY, ARIZONA: USBM OPEN-FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): MLA 8-93, 76 P.
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