| Deposit ID | 10027130 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M002185 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Chance Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Taylor Claims, Scheerer Property, Colford Copper |
| Related records | 10112568 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.54425, 31.70181 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | ABOUT 2 MI N OF SWISSHELM MOUNTAIN |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Cochise(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Swisshelm Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Chiricahua Peak(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Cochise |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 20S | 27E | 12 | S2 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Vanadium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Vanadinite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Naco Group |
| Rock description | Naco Group |
| (1) | -109.54425, 31.70181 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Nnw Thrust Faults In Swisshelms Overthrust, Penn Naco Group Over Rhyolite Porphyry |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | On Upthrown Side Of Nw Trending Fault; Penn Naco Group Strikes Nw, Dips 55 Sw |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1885 |
| Discoverer | Jacob Sherrer |
| Year of first production | 1924 |
| Year of last production | 1956 |
| District name | Swisshelm District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Chance Mining Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Dan Huckins And J. Rydbom |
| First year | 1974 |
| Type of workings | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.421HA |
| Length | 396.24M |
| Overall depth | 76.2M |
| Overall length | 91.44M |
| Overall width | 48.77M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M002185 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040030112 | |
| USGS, Center for Inter-American Mineral Resource Investigations | CIMRI | CIMRI | OME-6625 |
M.S. THESIS, MT. QUEEN AREA, BY W. R. LORING, UNIV. OF ARIZ.
ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 158
KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 70.
COOPER, 1956, USGS MAP MF-213
ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA
KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D002836 OF J. WILLIAM HASLER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | ORE IN SEVERAL SMALL, TABULAR REPLACEMENT OREBODIES ALONG OR ADJACENT TO FRACTURE ZONES IN A FOLDED AND FAULTED OVERTHRUST BLOCK OF LIMESTONE, UNDERLAIN BY DIORITE PORPHYRY. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1972 | Gere, W. | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1982 | Roth, Frances A. (Gest, Don E.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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