Sullivan Mine Group

Past 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. 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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104056
MRDS ID M241041
Record type Site
Current site name Sullivan Mine Group
Alternate or previous names Crosby Group, Blue Bell, Copperopolis
Related records 10234483, 10282533

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.26397, 31.98819 (WGS84)
Elevation 1722
Relative position APPROX 1 MI SE OF HILLTOP CLAIM GROUP ON N FACING SLOPE NEAR MACKEY CANYON. LOCATION NOT PRECISE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rustler Park(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 016S}017S 030E}030E 27,33,34}02 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :01, 41?

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Naco Group;
    Rock description Naco Group;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.26397, 31.98819

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Mineralization Associated With Tertiary Intrusive Event
Type of structure Local
Structure description Paleozoic Limestone Strikes Nw And Dips 50ne, And Rhyolite Intruded Irregularly. Southern Limestone-Rhyolite Contact Trends W, 50n Dip

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones And Intrusive.

Comments on the geologic information

  • OREBODIES IN SILICATED LIMESTONES AND ALONG SHEAR ZONES IN LIMESTONE AND IRREGULAR RHYOLITE INTRUSIVE. MOST OF THE MINERALIZATION IS IN RHYOLITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1879

Mining district

District name California District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Duluth And Chiricahua Development Co, Sullivan Copper Development Co
  • Type Owner
    Owner George H. Crosby, 1947

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 10 TONS PRODUCED IN 1915 AND SOME 2160 TONS OF ORE BETWEEN 1943 AND 1945.

Comments on the workings information

  • 60 FT SHAFT WITH 120 FT CROSSCUT, 80 FT CROSSCUT TUNNEL, OPEN CUT WORKINGS (1940'S)

Comments on development

  • J.H. BYRD LEASED PROPERTY, 1943-1945; 14 PATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 54.

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 4015, 1947.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE.

  • Deposit

    COOPER, 1959, USGS MAP MF-213.

  • Deposit

    ABM BULLETIN 145.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODIES IN SILICATED LIMESTONES AND ALONG SHEAR ZONES IN LIMESTONE AND IRREGULAR RHYOLITE INTRUSIVE.
Deposit RECORD INFORMATION ALSO SUPPLIED BY ABGMT.
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D002898 OF J. WILLIAM HASLER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1981 Gest, Don E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 20-MAY-1995 Orris, Greta J. 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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