The End Roadless Area is a mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,883 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 5,883 Feet (1,793 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 32.075, -109.36500
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End Roadless Area MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: End Roadless Area
Secondary: Unknown; In Buckhorn Basin
Secondary: Mineral Investigation of the North
Commodity
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: California District
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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): 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.
References
Reference (Deposit): BROWN S D 1993 USBM OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 12-93 P 74
Reference (Deposit): RICHTER D H, OTHERS, 1983 USGS MISC INVEST SERIES MAP
Reference (Deposit): I-1310-B SCALE 1;250,000
Reference (Deposit): DREWES HAROLD 1981 USGS MISC INVEST SERIES MAP I-1312
Reference (Deposit): SCALE 1:24,000
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