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First Chance Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver
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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. 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 10046180
MRDS ID M241014
Record type Site
Current site name First Chance Mine
Related records 10161093

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.56454, 32.19456 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position APPROX 3 MI NE OF DOS CABEZAS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dos Cabezas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 014S 027E 26 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SEC 26 UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyrometamorphosed Shale

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Bisbee Group
    Rock description Bisbee Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Bisbee Group Shale Faulted Against Precambrian Rapakivi Quartz Monzonite Immediately South, Fault Trends E-W

Ore body information

  • General form FAULT FISSURE ZONE

Comments on the geologic information

  • FAULT FISSURE ZONE CUTTING PYROMETAMORPHOSED LIMY SHALE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mascot District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bean, Globe Mng And Smltng Co, Equities, Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF ORE PRODUCED IN THE 1880'S AND A FEW TONS IN 1936-1937.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW PIT AND OPEN CUT WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULL 187, P 61.

  • Deposit

    COOPER, J. R., 1960, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-231.

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN ALONG FAULT IN METAMORPHOSED CRETACEOUS LIMY SHALE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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