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Telephone Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Manganese
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027041
MRDS ID M001786
Record type Site
Current site name Telephone Mine
Related records 10258048

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.06983, 31.69319 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 1/2 MI. S. OF TOMBSTONE, ARIZ.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tombstone(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 20S 22E 14 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER OF SECTION 14 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Naco Group Limestone
    Rock description Naco Group Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.06983, 31.69319
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Immediately North Of E-W Trending Prompter Fault. Beds Dip 65-70s

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Plane Slips But By "Northeast" Fissures. Slip Is E-W Trending

Comments on the geologic information

  • MANGANESE MINERALIZATION APPARENTLY OCCURRED AFTER PHASE OF IRON-LEAD-ZINC MINERALIZATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tombstone District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tombstone Development Co.
    Home office Tombstone, Az.
    First year 1941

Comments on the production information

  • FEW HUNDRED TONS PRODUCED IN LATE 1800'S. NO DATA ON ABGMT-USBM FILES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 243.84M
    Overall length 106.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • 8 LEVELS, STOPES MOST EXTENSIVE ON UPPER 4 LEVELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZ. B. OF M. BULL. 143, 1938, PL. 4

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 79.

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL, OXIDIZED OREBODIES IN LIMESTONE ALONG BEDDING PLANE SLIPS BUT BY "NORTHEAST" FISSURES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-NOV-1981 Gest, Don E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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