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Armistice Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, 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 10104046
MRDS ID M241006
Record type Site
Current site name Armistice Mine
Alternate or previous names Lead Bullion, Short, Kelly
Related records 10234059

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.26955, 31.4057 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position APPROX 4 MI SW OF RAMSEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Miller Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nogales(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)

Federal lands

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Miller Peak Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

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 020E 25 NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SEC 25 UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Lead Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) Jurassic volcanic rocks
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Exotic Blocks Of Limestone Found Within Tri-Jur Volcanic Rocks, Near Thrust Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, BEDDED
    Strike N35W
    Dip 45NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Adjacent To Thrust Fault, Thrusting Precambrian Granite Over Sediments And Volcanics On Plane Dipping 65nw. No Mineralization In Granite

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IN EXOTIC BLOCKS OF LIMESTONE IN (TRI-JUR) VOLCANICS NEAR LARGE THRUST FAULT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1941
Year of last production 1949

Mining district

District name Hartford District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Short, Kelly

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION IN 1940-1944 AND 1948-1949 AMOUNTED TO SOME 870 TONS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 152.4M
    Overall depth 40.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT 180 FT LONG, WORKINGS AT 50, 100, AND 180 FT LEVELS

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED A.R. AND T.H. SHORT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 64.

  • Deposit

    USGS MAP I-509, 1968

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 9 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey
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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