Scanlon Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Zinc, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046209
MRDS ID M241058
Record type Site
Current site name Scanlon Mine
Related records 10112763

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.20231, 31.98819 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position APPROX 5 MI NE OF PARADISE .5 MI SW OF HARRIS MOUNTAIN

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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

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 031E 32 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 SEC 32, UTM EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BASE METAL OXIDES, CARBONATES, AND SULFIDES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Bolsa Quartzite
    Rock description Bolsa Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.20231, 31.98819

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tertiary Volcanic And Intrusive Event Associated With District Mineralization

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONE AND QUARTZITE CUT BY INTRUSIVE PORPHYRY DIKES

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

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL TONNAGE PRODUCED IN THE LATE 1890'S

Comments on the workings information

  • 125 FT INCLINE SHAFT, TUNNEL 300 FT LONG

Comments on development

  • 12 CLAIMS IN 1907

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 54.

  • Deposit

    COOPER, 1959, USGS MAP MF-213

  • Deposit

    COPPER HANDBOOK, W.H. WEED, EDITOR, 1907

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED STRINGERS . FOUR OREBODIES PRESENT, 30 FT WIDE VEIN WITH CHALCOPYRITE REPORTED IN 1907

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-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.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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