Muso Mine

Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, 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. 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. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10111296
MRDS ID M800138
Record type Site
Current site name Muso Mine
Alternate or previous names Musso
Related records 10233586

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.81565, 31.77124 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 1/2 MILE SOUTH OF TURQUOISE MTN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Turquoise 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 019S 025E 20 NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Is Spotty

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Abrigo Formation; Bolsa Quartzite
    Rock description Abrigo Formation; Bolsa Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.81565, 31.77124

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Smaller Faults, Post-Enrichment, Are Sw To N-S, Variable Dip

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore In Steeply Dipping, Highly Metamorphosed Cambrian Abrigo Limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Turquoise District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Big Bear Mining Co., Denver, 1956, Odell Still, Sublessee, Leadville Mng. Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Hope Mining And Milling Co.
    First year 1956

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION INCLUDED UNDER MAME MINE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 150 FEET OF DRIFTING REPORTED BY WILSON, 1927.

Comments on development

  • OVER 12,000 TONS OF ORE PRODUCED FROM 1917 TO 1924.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D. GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COURTLAND-GLEESON REGION ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 123. P 61.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 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.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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