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Maid of Sunshine Mine

Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, 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. 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048114
MRDS ID M800134
Record type Site
Current site name Maid of Sunshine Mine
Related records 10137187

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.80954, 31.77402 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 1/2 MILE SE OF TURQUOISE MTN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Turquoise Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Whitewater Draw(hydrologic unit)

Rio De Bavispe(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sonora(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 019S 025E 16 SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Bolsa Quartzite;Abrigo Limestone
    Rock description Bolsa Quartzite;Abrigo Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.80954, 31.77402
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Overthrust Of Bolsa Quartzite Over Paleozoic Rocks. Post Thrust Faults Strike From Ns To Nw-Se And Dip From 50 To 70 Degrees East. They Have Broken The Thrust Plane Into Irregular Steps. Post Thrust Faulting Was Later Than Mineralization

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET & IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In Breccia Between Bolsa Quartzite Above And Limestone Below. Some Ore

Comments on the geologic information

  • IN SOME AREAS, ABRIGO LIMESTONE UNDERLIES BOLSA QUARTZITE IN THE OVERLYING PLATE. THICKNESS OF OVERTHRUST MATERIAL ABOUT 100 FEET.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1913
Year of last production 1929

Mining district

District name Turquoise District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 3212.59M
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS ADJOIN GERMANIA AND MARY DRIFTS ON 145 FT, 200 FT, 215 FT, 229, FT, 275 FT, AND 311 FT LEVELS. A 150 FT INCLINE TO THE SURFACE ALSO USED.

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED CALUMET & ARIZONA, LEADVILLE MINING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT 187, P. 83

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.P. GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COURTLAND-GLEESON REGION ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 123 P. 43-44, P. 57

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AVERAGE OF 15 FEET THICK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 Gest, Don E. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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