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Columbia Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Zinc, Tungsten, Silver, Bismuth
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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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046192
MRDS ID M241033
Record type Site
Current site name Columbia Mine
Related records 10161361

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.22758, 31.94513 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Relative position APPROX 1 MI NW OF PARADISE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Portal(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 017S 030E 13 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 SEC 13, UTM EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuth Ore
Copper Ore
Lead Ore
Silver Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.22758, 31.94513
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Small Area Of Colina Limestone Faulted Into Place North Of Deposit

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Main Faualt Along Which Ore Is Found Strikes N65w, 68ne Dip

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHEARED TACTITE AND FAULTS AND FRACTURES IN SILICATED LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name California District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL SHIPMENTS OF ABOUT 50 TONS OF HIGH GRADE, BASE METAL ORE MADE INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1902 TO 1941. SOME TUNGSTEN ORE SHIPPED IN 1953.

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT 100 FT LONG, ADIT 160 FT LONG WITH SCHEELITE MINERALIZATION, ADIT 300 FT LONG WITH NO MINERALIZATION FOUND

Comments on development

  • 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 52.

  • Deposit

    COOPER, 1956, USGS MAP MF-213

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IN SHEARED TACTITE AND ALONG FAULTS AND FRACTURES IN SILICATED LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1981 Gest, Don E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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