Charleston Lead Mine & Prospects

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Mica, Clay
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027017
MRDS ID M001723
Record type Site
Current site name Charleston Lead Mine & Prospects
Alternate or previous names Woolrey, Grant, Brother George, Mary Jo
Related records 10234090

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.1551, 31.65735 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fairbank(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(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)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 020S 021E 36 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Mica Secondary
Clay Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.1551, 31.65735

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Fissure

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1944
Year of last production 1961

Mining district

District name Tombstone District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tombstone Gold And Silver Mines, Inc., Chalreston Lead Mines Co., Tombstone Mica Co.

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW THOUSAND TONS OF LEAD-ZINC ORE PRODUCED IN THE 1930'S AND 1940'S. SOME CLAY AND SCRAP MICA PRODUCED MORE RE CENTLY.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.366HA
    Length 280.42M
    Overall depth 33.53M
    Overall length 115.82M
    Overall width 33.53M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED MARY JO WOOLREY; 12 CLAIMS AS OF 1943

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 73.

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 2ND EDITION: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Deposit

    USGS, AZ BUREAU OF MINES, AND U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, 1969, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 180, 638 P.

  • Deposit

    AZGS INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE

  • Production

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1981 Rodriguez, Ignacio (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-JAN-1990 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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