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Arizona Queen Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104066
MRDS ID M241078
Record type Site
Current site name Arizona Queen Mine
Alternate or previous names Last Chance, Tombstone Development Co
Related records 10160881

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.06316, 31.70096 (WGS84)
Elevation 1420
Relative position APPROX 1/2 MI S OF TOMBSTONE.

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 020S 022E 11 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 SEC 11, UTM EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Following Mineralization, Faulting Occurred On Wnw And Nnw Trends, Tilting Basin To The North And Nw

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Bisbee Formation Beds
    Rock description Bisbee Formation Beds

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description In Tombstone Basin

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Plunge direction STEEPLY NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne Fissure Vein, Dike Or Premineral Fault Cutting A Permeable Horizon. Fissure Vein Paralleling Fault Is Likely Ore Control

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 Tombstone Development Co

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES INCLUDED WITH TOMBSTONE GROUP

Comments on the workings information

  • THE ARIZONA QUEEN FISSURE IS PROBABLY THE SOUTHWESTWARD CONTINUATION OF THE SKIP SHAFT FISSURE, OFFSET ABOUT 150 FT SOUTH ON THE EMPIRE DIKE

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED TOMBSTONE DEVELOPMENT CO., G.K. HAUSLEY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 73.

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 143, 1935

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODIES IN BEDS ALONG A STRONG SHEAR ZONE AND A SMALL REPLACEMENT BODY AT THE INTERSECTION OF A LIMESTONE MEMBER FLEXURE WITH A MINERALIZED FISSURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1981 Rodriguez, Ignacio (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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