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Bisbee Coalition Mines

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104070
MRDS ID M241093
Record type Site
Current site name Bisbee Coalition Mines
Alternate or previous names Eureka, And North Bisbee Groups
Related records 10280207

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.98704, 31.48875 (WGS84)
Elevation 1561
Relative position APPROX. 4 MI. NW OF BISBEE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bisbee(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(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 022S 023E 26,27 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 53
USGS model code 17
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu
Mark3 model number 4

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.98704, 31.48875
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Juniper Flats District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Eureka Mng. Co., North Bisbee Development Co., Bisbee Coalition Mng. Co.

Comments on the production information

  • ABGMT-USBM PRODUCTION FOR BISBEE COALITION IS INCLUDED UNDER COPPER QUEEN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 109.73M
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL AND SHAFT WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • 45 CLAIMS, IN TOMBSTONE CANYON (1912)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 85.

  • Deposit

    COPPER HANDBOOK, 1912-1913, W.H. WEED, ED.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1982 Laraba, Peter (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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