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Chiricahua Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Tungsten
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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. 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. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104054
MRDS ID M241034
Record type Site
Current site name Chiricahua Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.23703, 31.95624 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position APPROX 1.5 MI NW OF PARADISE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Portal(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(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 017S 030E 11;12 SE (11) OF SW (12) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :41, 01

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Galena Ore
Lead Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Shaly And Silicated Limestone

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Intrusive Granite, Granodiorite In Jhus Canyon Directly North Of Mine

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults And Shears Near Contact With Intrusive Rock

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lake Superior Mng Co, Chiricahua Development Co, San Simon Copper Co
  • Type Owner
    Owner Boulware, W. M.
    First year 1945

Comments on the production information

  • SOME SPOTTY PRODUCTION OF ORE IN THE LATE 1800'S AND EARLY 1900'S.

Comments on the workings information

  • 750 FT CROSSCUT TUNNEL WITH 100 FT WINZE, 400 FT MARS SHAFT BOTTOMED IN CHALCOPYRITE ORE, 400 FT PLANET SHAFT, BOTH SHAFTS HAVE DRIFTS

Comments on development

  • 40 CLAIMS, 7 PATENTED IN 1945

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., ED., 1918, MINES HANDBOOK.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IN FAULTED AND SHEARED, SHALY AND SILICATED LIMESTONE INTRUDED BY GRANITIC ROCK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1981 Gest, Don E. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 20-MAY-1995 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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