Irish Mag Shaft

Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold
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 10088888
MRDS ID M800316
Record type Site
Current site name Irish Mag Shaft
Alternate or previous names Calumet and Arizona Mine
Related records 10209783

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.91009, 31.43153 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position .4 MILES S-SW OF SACRAMENTO HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bisbee(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(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 023S 024E 16 SW OF SW OF NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Gossan With Mn And Fe Oxides Induced By Hydrothermal Metamorphism

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Sacramento Hill Stock
    Rock description Sacramento Hill Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Jurassic
    Chronological age 170.5
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Jurassic
  • 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) -109.91009, 31.43153

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Pre-Mineralization Tilting Common, Pre-Mineralization Faulting
Type of structure Local
Structure description Main Fault Directions, N10w To N40e, S30w To N50w, Pre-Mineralization

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Bodies Near Dikes And Sills, And Faulting And Associated Brecciation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1902
Year of last production 1931

Mining district

District name Warren District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Calumet And Arizona Mng. Co. , Lake Superior And W Stern Dev. Co. Phelps Dodge Corp.(19
    First year 1902

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION INCLUDED UNDER CALUMET AND ARIZONA IN USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 424.59M

Comments on the workings information

  • ACTIVE STOPING STARTED IN NOV. 1902, SHAFT WAS STARTED IN NOV. 1900. IN 1929 THE SHAFT HAD 10 LEVELS, THE 750, 850, 950, AND 1050 LEVELS WERE CONNECTED WITH THE SPRAY SHAFT OF THE COPPER QUEEN, ALSO HAD 4 COMPARTMENTS

Comments on development

  • UNDERGROUND MINE MAINLEY WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF THE IRISH MAG CLAIM (1905), OPERATED THROUGH THE IRISH MAG SHAFT, FIRST MINE OF THE CALUMET AND ARIZONA MNG. CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 187, P. 88

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F.L., 1904A, U.S.G.S. P.P. #21, P.111-112

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PARTLY OXIDIZED COPPER AND MINOR LEAD-ZINC MINERALIZATION, ASSOCIATED WITH STRONG FRACTURING AND FAULTING IN UNALTERED DEVONIAN AND CAMBRIAN LIMESTONES
Deposit FIRST CALUMET AND ARIZONA MINE. OTHER SHAFT MINES OWNED BY CALUMET AND ARIZONA, AND ALSO CALLED CALUMET AND ARIZONA MINE WERE BRIGGS, COLE, JUNCTION, OLIVER POWELL AND HOATSON. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1982 Laraba, Peter (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.

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

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