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Luck Sure Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Manganese, Gold, Lead
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027136
MRDS ID M002206
Record type Site
Current site name Luck Sure Mine
Related records 10113045

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.07566, 31.69707 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MILE SOUTH 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 020S 022E 14 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH OF ADJOINING LUCKY CUSS MINE, NW/4 SEC 14. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Manganese Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Lead Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.07566, 31.69707
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Lucky Cuss Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • "Northeast" Fissure Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE ALONG "NORTHEAST" FISSURE ZONES IN LIMESTONE NEAR INTERSECTION WITH THE LUCKY CUSS FAULT.

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 Mill And Mining Co., Tombstone Consolidated Mines Co., Bunker Hill Mines Co., Tombstone De

Comments on the production information

  • SOME PRODUCTION INCLUDED UNDER TOMBSTONE GROUP

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND ADIT WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • PRODUCED FROM 1905 TO 1918 UNDER NAME LUCK SURE. OPERATORS INCLUDED HARRY MARCIA, OLD GLORY MINING CO., BUNKER HILLS MINING CO., TOMBSTONE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY. SMELTER FLUX PRODUCED FROM 1881 TO 1884.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 143, PL 3, 4.

  • Deposit

    USGS TOPOGRAPHIC MAP TOMBSTONE AND CINITY, ARIZ. 1907.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 710, 1920, P. 113, PL. 5.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 77.

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OXIDIZED PIPE AND CHIMNEY OREBODIES OF MANGANIFEROUSSILVER ALONG "NORTHEAST" FISSURE ZONES IN LIMESTONE NEAR INTERSECTIONS WITH THE LUCKY CUSS FAULT.
Deposit PRESUMABLY ORE CARRIED SOME MANGANESE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1974 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey RECORD CLEANUP
Updater 01-NOV-1981 Gest, Don E. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 10-AUG-1994 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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