Wolverine Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026894
MRDS ID M000841
Record type Site
Current site name Wolverine Mine
Alternate or previous names Broken Promise
Related records 10233639

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.92259, 31.42153 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 2 MILES SE OF BISBEE, ARIZ.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bisbee(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Douglas(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 23S 24E 20 NE OF NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • TWO SHAFTS, BOTH FOUND IN THE NE/4 OF SECTION 20 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Gossan With Mn And Fe Oxides Induced By Hydrothermal Metamorphism

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Sacramento Hill Stock
    Rock description Sacramento Hill Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Jurassic
    Chronological age 170.5
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Abrigo Limestone
    Rock description Abrigo Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.92259, 31.42153

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Pre-Mineralization Faulting And Tilting Common
Type of structure Local
Structure description Main Fault Directions, N10w To N40e, S30w To N50w, Pre-Mineralization

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Bodies Near Dikes And Sills, And Faulting And Associated Brecciation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1909
Year of last production 1931

Mining district

District name Warren District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Wolverine And Arizona Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTED MORE THAN $1,000,000 TO 9/1942. UNDERGROUND

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT ON THE BROKEN PROMISE CLAIM 700 FT DEEP. SHAFT ON WARREN CLAIM (WHICH ADJOINS THE QUEEN AND SHATTUCK PROPERTIES) 500 FT DEEP. SHAFTS ARE ABOUT 800 FT APART, ONE TUNNEL CONNECTS THE TWO SHAFTS

Comments on development

  • 9 CLIAMS - CAIRO, MENPHIS, KENTUCKY, GEORGIA, LOUISIANA, CHICAGO, WARREN, GEORGE, BROKEN PROMISE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 90.

  • Deposit

    BONILLAS, TENNY, AND FEUCHERE, 1917, AIME TRANS V. 55, P. 284-355

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OXIDIZED BASE METAL SULFIDES IN UNALTERED CAMB LIMESTONE ASSOCIATED WITH A PORPHYRY DIKE AND STRONG FRACTURING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-JAN-1982 Laraba, Peter (Gest, Don E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.