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Mary Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048115
MRDS ID M800136
Record type Site
Current site name Mary Mine
Related records 10185474

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.80732, 31.77207 (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)

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 21 NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR COURTLAND. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Semiprecious Gemstone 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) -109.80732, 31.77207
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Overthrust Of Bolsa Quartzite Over Paleozoic Rocks

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET & IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

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

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 Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1908
Year of first production 1908

Mining district

District name Turquoise District, Courtland-Gleeson District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Great Western Copper Co., Hope Mng. And Milng. Co.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FOR MARY IS INCLUDED WITH THE MAME MINE, NOT REPORTED SEPARATELY

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS ADJOIN GERMANIA AND MAID OF SUNSHINE LENGTH OF WORKINGS APPROXIMATE.

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE BETWEEN EARLY 1900'S TO 1913 AND 1925 THRU 1929. SHAFT CLOSED DOWN IN 1913.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT, P. 88.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1927. GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COURTLAND-GLEESON REGION ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 123. P. 43-44, P. 54.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    BLAIR, GERRY, 1992, THE ROCKHOUND'S GUIDE TO ARIZONA: HELENA, MONTANA, FALCON PRESS, 165 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AVERAGE OF 15 FEET THICK ORE BODIES. MINERALIZATION PINCHED OUT AT DEPTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 Gest, Don E. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-APR-1992 Orris, Greta J. 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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