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Elma Mine

Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, Iron
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027109
MRDS ID M002125
Record type Site
Current site name Elma Mine
Alternate or previous names Tout Group, Central
Related records 10258723

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.59621, 32.23151 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position ABT. 18 MI. E. OF WILCOX, ARIZ.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dos Cabezas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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 14S 27E 09 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 3.71-5% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.59621, 32.23151
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, PIPELIKE
    Length 106.68M
    Width 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pipe-Like Body Along A Strong Shear And Fault Zone.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FREQUENTLY MASSIVE, MAGNETITE, CHALCOPYRITE, PYRITE IN PYROMETASOMATIC PIPE-LIKE BODY ALONG STRONG SHEAR AND FAULT ZONE CUTTING BRECCIATED AND METAMORPHOSED LIMESTONE, RHYOLITE, AND GRANITIC INTRUSIVE ROCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mascot District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tout, Arivaca Mining Co. (Aztec)

Comments on the production information

  • AT LEAST 8000 TONS OF ORE PRODUCED INTERMITTENTLY FROM THE LATE 1910'S TO THE LATE 1960'S. ABGMT-USBM PRODUCTION IS INCLUDED UNDER MASCOT (TOUT)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 137.16M

Comments on the workings information

  • AT LEAST FOUR LEVELS, UPPER LEVELS AT 40,113, AND 163 FT. CONSIDERABLE STOPING ABOVE THE 163 FT LEVEL WORKINGS - ABOUT 5000 FT TOTAL LENGTH

Comments on development

  • ORE TRAMMED TO MASCOT MINE, MASCOT DISTRICT 2 MI S. 10,600 FT AERIAL TRAMWAY OPERATOR IN 1957 WAS UTEX EXPLORATION CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 61.

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    COOPER, J. R., 1960, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-231.

  • Production

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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