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Oregon-Prompter Mines

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Manganese, Gold
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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 10102445
MRDS ID M002211
Record type Site
Current site name Oregon-Prompter Mines
Alternate or previous names Knoxville, Stonewall, Florodoro
Related records 10112848

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.07927, 31.69291 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 1/2 MI. S. OF TOMBSTONE, ARIZ.PROMPTER SHAFT IS IN NW 1/4 SW1/4 SEC. 14 & ABT. 1250 FT. EAST OF OREGON MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tombstone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(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 20S 22E 14;14 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SEC. 14. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Manganese Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MAINLY OXIDIZED MANGANIFEROUS SILVER.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Naco Group Limestone
    Rock description Naco Group Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.07927, 31.69291
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Prompter Fault, Reverse Fault, E-W Trend, Steep South Dip

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, PIPE-LIKE TO TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Plane Slips And "Northeast" Fractures.

Comments on the geologic information

  • OREBODIES ALONG FOOTWALL OF PROMPTER FAULT ZONE AND CONTROLLED BY BEDDING PLANE SLIPS AND "NORTHEAST" FRACTURES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tombstone District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Boston And Arizona Smltng And Reduction Co., Tombstone Development Co.

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW TENS OF THOUSANDS OF TONS OF ORE PRODUCED AT IRREGULAR INTERVALS FROM 1883 TO 1950. 1883 TO 1891 PRODUCTION UNDER VIZINA IN ABGMT-USBM FILES. OTHER OREGON-PROMPTER DATA INCLUDED UNDER TOMBSTONE GROUP

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 7.745HA
    Length 1371.6M
    Overall depth 167.64M
    Overall length 518.16M
    Overall width 158.5M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS, 5 LEVELS, LENGTH OF WORKINGS ESTIMATED FROM MINE MAP, USBM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZ. B OF M BULL. 143, 1938, PL. 3,4

  • Deposit

    USGS TM TOMBSTONE & VICINITY, ARIZ. 1907

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 710, 1920, P. 114-116,PL. 5

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 78.

  • Deposit

    USBM FILE DATA

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADD'L REF. ARIZ. B. OF M. BULL. 127, 1930, PP. 47-50 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit ORE ALONG FOOTWALL OF PROMPTER FAULT ZONE. OREBODIESCONTROLLED BY BEDDING PLANE SLIPS AND "NORTHEAST" FRACTURES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-NOV-1981 Gest, Don E. 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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