| Deposit ID | 10048117 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M800139 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mystery Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Minerals Exploration Co. |
| Related records | 10209798 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.81759, 31.74485 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1530 |
| Relative position | 1 MILE NE OF GLEESON. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Cochise(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Outlaw 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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Cochise |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 019S | 025E | 29,32 | S2 OF SE4 (29); NE4 (32) | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Semiprecious Gemstone | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Cerargyrite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Wulfenite | Ore |
| Aragonite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Jarosite | Gangue |
| Kaolin | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrolusite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Gleeson Quartz Monzonite;Sugarloaf Quartz Latite Porphyry | ||||
| Rock description | Gleeson Quartz Monzonite;Sugarloaf Quartz Latite Porphyry | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Naco Group |
| Rock description | Naco Group |
| (1) | -109.81759, 31.74485 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | In Limestone Near Quartz Monzonite Contact, Naco Dips 40 To 50 Ne, Intrusion Plane Dips 5 W, Showing Only Slight Marbleization Of Limestone |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Plunge | 35 TO 45 |
| Plunge direction | NE |
| Thickness | 15.24M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1879 |
| Discoverer | J. Mcmann |
| Year of first production | 1924 |
| Year of last production | 1942 |
| District name | Turquoise District, Courtland-Gleeson District |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 239.27M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M800139 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040030662 |
WILSON, E.D., 1927, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COURTLAND-GLEESON REGION ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 123, P. 77.
ABGMT 187, P. 84.
ABM FILE DATA
BLAIR, GERRY, 1992, THE ROCKHOUND'S GUIDE TO ARIZONA: HELENA, MONTANA, FALCON PRESS, 165 P.
CIMRI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 4 PATENTED CLAIMS |
| Deposit | 4 PATENTED CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| 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 |
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