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Centurion Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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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 10039389
MRDS ID M050015
Record type Site
Current site name Centurion Mine
Alternate or previous names Lady Rose and Alaskite Groups
Related records 10233754

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.05066, 32.05262 (WGS84)
Elevation 1443
Relative position 1.5 MILES N OF DRAGOON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dragoon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willcox Playa(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 016S 022E 12 SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • UNOXIDIZED ORE MAY LIE BELOW WATER TABLE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Chalcedony Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Texas Canyon
    Rock description Texas Canyon
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Escabrosa Limestone;Black Prince Ls
    Rock description Escabrosa Limestone;Black Prince Ls

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.05066, 32.05262
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tertiary Block Faulting Trending Nw. ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N And Nw Trending Folds And Thrust Faults Overriding To Ne.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Centurion Fault N68w 74sw

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR VEIN
    Strike N 68 W
    Dip 74 SW
    Thickness 3.05M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults Intersecting Beds Favorable For Replacement, Fissures.

Comments on the geologic information

  • PART OF ORE CAME FROM SMALL CONC. ALONG FAULTS AND FISSURES, DETRITUS IN SOLUTION CAVES AND LOCALLY MINERALIZED BEDS. ; GEOL.DESC: NEAR QUARTZ MONZONITE STOCK CONTACT. MINE EXPLORES PART OF CENTURION FAULT (N68W, 74SW). ESCABROSA AND BLACK PRINCE LIMESTONES FAULTED AGAINST PINAL SCHIST. FAULT ZONE IS SHEARED AND SILICIFIED. VEIN MATERIAL IS BRECCIATED AND RECEMENTED. SOME NATURAL SOLUTION CAVES CONTAINED ORE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1908
Year of last production 1944

Mining district

District name Cochise District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Captain Mining Co., Centurion-Arizona Mining Co.
    First year 1944
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. S. J. Landfair
    Home office Dragoon, Az.
    First year 1955

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION APPROX. 1500 TONS AVERAGING 4.3 PCT. CU WITH SMALL AMOUNTS OF AG AND AU (INTERMITTENT FROM 1911 TO 1944)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Area 0.631HA
    Length 762M
    Overall depth 213.36M
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 73.15M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS ON 50,125,225,325,425,525,625 FT LEVELS. TOTAL WORKING LENGTH AND OVERALL LENGTH ESTIMATED FROM MINE MAP

Comments on development

  • 1944 CAPTAIN MINING CO. CEASED PRODUCTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOPER, J.R., AND SILVER, L.T., 1964, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 416.

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES.

  • Deposit

    LIVINGSTON, MAUGER, BENNETT, AND LAUGHLIN, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361,1375.

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY,COOPER AND SILVER, PROF. PAPER 41

  • Production

    COOPER AND SILVER, 1964

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOLLOWS CENTURION FAULT.

Reporter information

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

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