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Junction Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc, Manganese, Silver, Gold, Bismuth, Cobalt, Indium, Tin
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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 10027118
MRDS ID M002152
Record type Site
Current site name Junction Mine
Alternate or previous names Calumet and Arizona Mine
Related records 10282977

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.89371, 31.43097 (WGS84)
Relative position MINE WAS JUST SW OF THE JUNCTION OF US 80 AND HIGHWAY 92. AT THIS TIME SHAFT MAY BE COVERED BY TAILINGS

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)

Whitewater Draw(hydrologic unit)

Rio De Bavispe(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sonora(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 15 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION OF MINE ESTIMATED FROM MINE MAP IN USBM IC 7990, P. 11 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Indium Critical Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BISMUTH, CADMIUM, INDIUM, TIN PRESENT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Galena Gangue
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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Escabrosa Limestone;Martin Limestone
    Rock description Escabrosa Limestone;Martin Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.89371, 31.43097
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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 4.57M
    Length 12.19M
    Width 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

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

Comments on the geologic information

  • PSILOMELANE FOUND ALONG FISSURE ZONES IN DEVONIAN LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Warren District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Junction Development Co., Junction, Superior And Duluth Mining Co., Superior And Pittsburg Mining Co

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION INCLUDED UNDER CALUMET AND ARIZONA IN ABGMT-USBM FILE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 396.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • PART OF THE CALUMET AND ARIZONA MINE SYSTEM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 710, 1920, PL. IV, P.113

  • Deposit

    ARIZ. B. OF M. BULL. 127, 1930, P.45

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 88.

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, 1961, USBM IC 7990, P. 11

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LARGELY OXIDIZED COPPER, WITH MINOR LEAD-ZINC, MINERALIZATION IN RELATIVELY UNALTERED MISS LIMESTONE IN A WIDE ZONE OF STRONG FRACTURING, FAULTING, AND NUMEROUS PORPHYRY DIKE AND SILL INTRUSIONS. PSILOMELANE FOUND ALONG FISSURE ZONE IN DEV LIMESTONE AND SOME ALABANDITE WITH THE LEAD-ZINC MINERALIZATION.
Deposit ONE OF MAJOR MINES IN DISTRICT. ; 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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