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Alkie Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046223
MRDS ID M241082
Record type Site
Current site name Alkie Mine
Alternate or previous names Escapule Operator
Related records 10161333

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.15177, 31.63125 (WGS84)
Elevation 1262
Relative position APPROX 6 MI SSE OF FAIRBANK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fairbank(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 021S 022E 06 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 SEC 6

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Bronco Andesite Volcanics
    Rock description Bronco Andesite Volcanics

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.15177, 31.63125
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1938
Year of last production 1954

Mining district

District name Tombstone District

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 10 TONS OF ORE PRODUCED DURING 1938 AND 1951 TO 1952.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND SURFACE WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED J.I. ESCARCOGA, K.B. ESCAPULE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 73.

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 143, 1938

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RELATIVELY WEAK SULFIDE MINERALIZATION ALONG FRACTURES IN TERT ANDESITE VOLCANICS. 16-18 INCH WIDE REPLACEMENT BODIES ON ANDESITE-RHYOLITE CONTACT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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