Silver Giant Mine, Cababi Mining District (Comobabi Mining District), Comobabi Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USAi
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Silver Giant Mine | Mine |
Cababi Mining District (Comobabi Mining District) | Mining District |
Comobabi Mountains | Mountain Range |
Pima County | County |
Arizona | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
32° 8' 21'' North , 111° 50' 53'' West
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Sells | 2,495 (2011) | 25.4km |
Ali Chukson | 132 (2011) | 25.5km |
Maish Vaya | 158 (2011) | 26.5km |
Santa Rosa | 628 (2011) | 27.4km |
Gu Oidak | 188 (2011) | 30.4km |
Mindat Locality ID:
35533
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:35533:8
GUID (UUID V4):
6c308f59-f4d1-4205-a387-46a5648437f4
Ref.: Keith, Stanton B. (1974), Arizona Bureau of Geology & Mineral Technology, Geological Survey Branch Bull. 189, Index of Mining Properties in Pima County, Arizona: 112 (Table 4).
Arizona Bureau of Mines file data.
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10026803, MRDS ID #M000346; and, Dep. ID #10258978, MAS ID #0040190401.
A former small underground Ag-Cu mine located in sec. 9 and the NE ¼ sec. 10, T.16S., R.5E. (protracted), about 1¼ miles W of Comobabi. Produced 1947. Owned by Rhoads & Holmes.
Mineralization is oxidized quartz vein, with spotty copper and silver values, cutting Laramide quartz monzonite intrusive along a fracture zone.
Workings are shallow. A few tons of or averaging about 19 oz. Ag/T and minor copper were produced in 1947.
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Link to USGS MRDS: | 10026803 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Mexico
- Sierra Madre OccidentalMountain Range
North America
- Sonoran DesertDesert
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Mojave DomainDomain
USA
- Arizona
- ⭔Tohono O'odham ReservationReservation
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