Eagle Roost Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Manganese, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046212
MRDS ID M241063
Record type Site
Current site name Eagle Roost Mine
Related records 10161400

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.07372, 31.68374 (WGS84)
Elevation 1509
Relative position APPROX 2 MI S OF TOMBSTONE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tombstone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Pedro(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 020S 022E 23 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SEC 23. UTM EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Escabrosa Limestone
    Rock description Escabrosa Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.07372, 31.68374

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description In Ajax Hill Horst Area, W Of Small E-W Faults On Military Hill
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissure Zone

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zone, Dipping Steeply To West

Comments on the geologic information

  • MANGANESE MINERALIZATION OCCURRED AFTER MAIN IRON-LEAD-ZINC PHASE IN REST OF DISTRICT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tombstone District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Joe M. Escapule

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL TONNAGE PRODUCED PRIOR TO 1957.

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT 200 FT LONG, 25 FT WINZE

Comments on development

  • 1 UNPATENTED CLAIM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 75.

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 143, 1938

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 7990, P. 35-36

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MANGANIFEROUS SILVER ORE IN LENSES AND IRREGULAR BUNCHES ALONG A FISSURE ZONE IN LIMESTONE.

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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