| Deposit ID | 10109831 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M800141 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Tejon Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | El Tejon |
| Related records | 10209502 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.82621, 31.73819 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1463 |
| Relative position | 3/4 MILE NE OF GLEESON |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Cochise(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Outlaw Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Whitewater Draw(hydrologic unit)
Rio De Bavispe(hydrologic accounting unit)
Sonora(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Cochise |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 019S | 025E | 32 | CENTER | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Naco Formation |
| Rock description | Naco Formation |
| (1) | -109.82621, 31.73819 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Limestone Thrusted Over Rhyolite, Fault Dips 40 Degrees W. Limestone Dips 45 Degrees E |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | One Fault N-S, 65 Se, Others E-W With Steep Dips |
| General form | IRREGULAR, LENSING |
|---|
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1876 |
| Year of first production | 1917 |
| Year of last production | 1956 |
| District name | Turquoise District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mine Operators Included Marchello And Asarco, 1952, Tejon Mine Leasing And Development Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Shannon Mining Co., Subsidiary Of Illinois Zinc And Hydro Metals Corp. |
| Home office | Tombstone, AZ |
| First year | 1957 |
| Type of workings | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Length | 1524M |
| Overall depth | 157.89M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M800141 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040030688 |
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
ABGMT 187, P. 84
WILSON, E.D., 1927. GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COURTLAND-GLEESON REGION, ARIZONA. ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 123, P. 72.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 4 PATENTED CLAIMS |
| Deposit | TOM SCOTT TUNNEL & MINE ARE APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET SE OF THE TEJON ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1981 | Gest, Don E. | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology |
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