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Higgins Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Manganese, Silver, Gold, Vanadium
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  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. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026901
MRDS ID M000919
Record type Site
Current site name Higgins Mine
Alternate or previous names Twilight
Related records 10112561

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.92065, 31.4382 (WGS84)

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 08 SE2 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • MINE LOCATION ESTIMATED FROM MINE MAP IN USBM IC 7990, P. 11. PRESENT DAY LOCATION NOT KNOWN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Manganese Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
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;Shattuck Dike
    Rock description Sacramento Hill Stock;Shattuck Dike
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Jurassic
    Chronological age 170.5
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Abrigo Limestone; Escabrosa Limestone
    Rock description Abrigo Limestone; Escabrosa Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.92065, 31.4382
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 30.48M
    Length 106.68M
    Width 45.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

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

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE HIGGINS ORE BODY IS CLOSE TO THE SHATTUCK DIKE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Discoverer Thomas Higgins
Year of first production 1913
Year of last production 1920

Mining district

District name Warren District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Higgins Mining Co., Phelps Dodge Corp.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Twilight Co.

Comments on the production information

  • BASE METAL ORE PRODUCED 1913-1915. MANGANESE ORE ORE SHIPPED IN 1913-1921, 1925-1929 AND 1943.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1200 FT DRIFT AT THE END OF THE SHAFT, THE MINE IS CONNECTED BY TUNNELS TO THE WOLVERINE AND SOUTHWEST GROUP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 710, 1920, PL. IV,PP. 105-6.

  • Deposit

    ARIZ. B. OF M. BULL. 124, 1930, PP. 36-39

  • Deposit

    GALBRAITH, 1941, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 149, P. 65.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 87.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LEAD AND COPPER SUFIDES AND CARBONATES IN CAMB LIMESTONE CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH A PORPHYRY DIKE. HARD MANGANESE ORE IN RELATIVELY LARGE MASSES ALONG FRACTURE ZONES IN MISS LIMESTONE.
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000116 OF RICHARD T. FISCHER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

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

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