Clair Group Mines

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104049
MRDS ID M241018
Record type Site
Current site name Clair Group Mines
Alternate or previous names Empire State Mine
Related records 10161435

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.34064, 32.08152 (WGS84)
Elevation 1814
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position APROX 1/5 MI S OF EMIGRANT PASS IN EMIGRANT CANYON. 1.5 MI S OF ROUGH MOUNTAIN; UNSURVEYED, Placement Based On Correlation Of Written Descriptions And Geologic Map

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cochise Head(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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)

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 029E 36 SE4 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.34064, 32.08152

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone In Faulted Limestone Intruded By Dikes And Plugs.Silicic Dikes And Intrusive Rock Is Mapped S Of Naco Group In Mine Area

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Width 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name California District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lone Butte Mining Co, Pawnee Mining Co, Big Springs Mining Co

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW TENS OF TONS OF ORE SHIPPED IN 1909 AND 1910.

Comments on the workings information

  • 165 FT TUNNEL IN 1912

Comments on development

  • VARIOUSLY REPORTED AS 7 TO 11 CLAIMS, 1912

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S B; 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 51.

  • Deposit

    SABINS, 1957, GSA BULL, V. 68, P. 1315

  • Deposit

    COPPER HANDBOOK, V. 11, 1912-1913, W.H. WEED, EDITOR

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IN SHEAR ZONE IN FAULTED LIMESTONE INTRUDED BY DIKES AND PLUGS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-80 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-81 Gest, Don E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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