Dragoon Copper Mine

Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, 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. 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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048127
MRDS ID M800155
Record type Site
Current site name Dragoon Copper Mine
Alternate or previous names Dragoon Copper Lease
Related records 10282488, 10282964

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.06122, 32.08429 (WGS84)
Elevation 1486
Relative position 1.3 MILES SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF JOHNSON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dragoon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willcox Playa(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(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 015S 022E 36 SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED .5 MILES NORTH OF THE FREEWAY, JUST EAST OF THE ROAD CONNECTING JOHNSON AND DRAGOON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Texas Canyon Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Texas Canyon Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 53
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Abrigo Formation; Martin Formation
    Rock description Abrigo Formation; Martin Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.06122, 32.08429

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Massive Fracture System, Tert Block Faulting With General Ne Trend

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Replacement Beds Near Ne Trending Faults And Folds Beds Strike Nw, Dip 40 Ne

Comments on the geologic information

  • ABOVE IS DISTRICT DESCRIPTION, THIS DEPOSIT NOT SPECIFICALLY DESCRIBED IN USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 416.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1916
Year of last production 1917

Mining district

District name Cochise District

Land status

Ownership category County

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dragoon Copper Lease Co.
    First year 1917

Reference information

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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