Mame Mine

Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088877
MRDS ID M800135
Record type Site
Current site name Mame Mine
Related records 10112742

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.81565, 31.77124 (WGS84)
Elevation 1384
Relative position 1/2 MILE SOUTH OF TURQUOISE MOUNTAIN, 1100 FEET NW OF COURTLAND P.O.

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 20 SE OF NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Is Spotty

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Abrigo Formation
    Rock description Abrigo Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.81565, 31.77124

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Abrigo Dips 70 Degrees E. Quartz Monzonite Intruded And Metamorphosed Abrigo Limestone
Type of structure Local
Structure description Smaller Faults, Post-Enrichment, Are Sw To N-S, Variable Dip

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR, IRREGULAR
    Strike 10 W
    Dip 70 E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Bodies Approximately Follow Bedding Planes, Not Associated With Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • NARROW BELT OF CARBONIFEROUS LIMESTONE IS EAST OF SHAFT, BUT THE DEPOSIT AND WORKINGS ARE IN CAMBRIAN LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1909
Year of last production 1969

Mining district

District name Turquoise District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Direct Minerals, Inc., James C. Ryan, Jr. Manager
    Home office 445 Park Ave. N. Y.
    First year 1963

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION STATISTICS INCLUDE MARY MINE, HIGHLAND SHAFT, AND HUMBOT SHAFT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 3657.6M
    Overall depth 106.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS ON 100, 200, AND 300 FOOT LEVELS OTHER ADJOINING SHAFTS INCLUDE THE HUMBOT, 200 FEET DEEP AND THE HIGHLAND, 350 FEET DEEP.

Comments on development

  • MINE OPERATORS INCL. BIG BEAR MNG CO, STILL BROTHERS, AZTEC MINING CO, MINERALS EXPLOR, TOMBSTONE MINES GREAT WESTERN COMPANY. PRECIPITATE WORK, PARAMOUNT MNG. OPERATED MAME IN 1959-1960 1963-1969.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1927. GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COURTLAND-GLEESON REGION, ARIZONA. ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 123, P. 54-56

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ABOVE ORIENTATION IS THAT OF BEDDING, WHICH ORE BODIES FOLLOW APPROXIMATELY, ORE BODIES IN A STEEPLY DIPPING BELT OF ABRIGO LIMESTONE INTRUDED AND METAMORPHOSED BY QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 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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