| Deposit ID | 10027137 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M002207 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lucky Cuss, Escondido Claims |
| Alternate or previous names | Mccann, Wedge |
| Related records | 10137120 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.07483, 31.70124 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 1 MI. S. OF TOMBSTONE, ARIZ. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Cochise |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 020S | 022E | 14 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Vanadium Critical | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Schieffelin Granodiorite | ||||
| Rock description | Schieffelin Granodiorite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Naco Group Limestone;Bisbee Group Limestone |
| Rock description | Naco Group Limestone;Bisbee Group Limestone |
| (1) | -110.07483, 31.70124 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Northerly Faulting In Tombstone Basin, Lucky Cuss Fault Zone |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | NNE TO NNW |
| Dip | 70-75E |
| Length | 243.84M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Tombstone District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Tombstone Mill And Mining Co., Tombstone Consolidated Mines Co., Bunker Hill Mines Co., Tombstone De |
| Type of workings | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Area | 4.206HA |
| Length | 1828.8M |
| Overall depth | 198.12M |
| Overall length | 365.76M |
| Overall width | 121.92M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M002207 |
ARIZ. B. OF M. BULL. 143, 1938, PL. 3, 4.
USGS TM TOMBSTONE & VICINITY ARIZ. 1907.
USGS BULL. 710, 1920, P. 113, PL. 5.
BUTLER, WILSON, AND RASER, 1938, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 143, P. 63.
KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN187, P. 779.
CIMRI
KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | IRREGULAR, EXTENSIVELY OXIDIZED, TABULAR TO CHIMNEY-LIKE OREBODIES IN ALTERED LIMESTONES AND SHALES; AS VEINS IN THE LUCKY CUSS FAULT ZONE; ALONG NORTHEAST FISSURE ZONE; AND AS REPLACEMENTS ALONG BEDDING PLANE FAULTS IN THE LIMESTONES CLOSE TO FISSURE ZONES. VARIABLE WIDTH AND THICKNESS. STRIKE AND DIP IS ORIENTATION OF LUCKY CUSS FAULT. |
| Deposit | ONE OF THE ORIGINAL TOMBSTONE MINES. THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000108 OF RICHARD P. FISCHER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1972 | Gere, W. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-NOV-1981 | Gest, Don E. | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology |
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