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Chicora Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Alteration
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046185
MRDS ID M241022
Record type Site
Current site name Chicora Mine
Alternate or previous names Strong & Harris

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.06288, 32.09679 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Relative position APPROX 1/4 MI SE OF JOHNSON

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 015S 022E 25,26 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 SEC 25, SE 1/4 SEC 26, UTM EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MAIN COMMODITY IS SMELTER FLUX.

Alteration

  • (Local) Limestone Is Metamorphosed To Tactite, Either Diopside Rich Or Garnet Rich

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Texas Canyon Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Texas Canyon Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 53
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Abrigo Formation; Martin Formation
    Rock description Abrigo Formation; Martin Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.06288, 32.09679
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Massive Fracture System, Tert Block Faulting, Tilting Ne
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne Fault System N15-20e, 65-75e; E Fault System N70e To S70e, 45-80s

Ore body information

  • General form FLAT-BEDDED

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Replacement Beds Near Ne Trending Faults And Folds. Beds Strike Nw, Dip 40 Ne

Comments on the geologic information

  • ABOVE IS DISTRICT DESCRIPTION, THIS DEPOSIT NOT SPECIFICALLY DESCRIBED IN LITERATURE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cochise District, Johnson Camp Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Strong And Harris, Coronado Copper And Zinc Co
    First year 1973

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW HUNDRED TONS OF COPPER ORE PRODUCED PRIOR TO 1900 AND SOME 14,880 TONS OF SMELTER FLUX SHIPPED IN 1959-1960

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT AND SHAFT WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 56

  • Deposit

    LIVINGST0N, MAUGER, BENNETT, AND LAUGHLIN, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375

  • Deposit

    COOPER AND SILVER, 1964, USGS PP 416

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1981 Rodriguez, Ignacio (Gest, Don E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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