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Columbia Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Bismuth, Copper, Lead, Silver, Tungsten, Zinc
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10161361
MRDS ID M241033
MAS/MILS ID 0040030119
Record type Site
Current site name Columbia Mine
Related records 10046192

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -109.22064, 31.95073 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Portal(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 017 S 030 E 13 SE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Copper Secondary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -109.22064, 31.95073
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name California District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH S B 1973 ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 187 P 52

  • Deposit

    DALE V B, OTHERS, 1960 USBM RI 5650 P 12

  • Deposit

    BROWN S D 1993 USBM OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 12-93

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE COLUMBIA MINE CONSISTS OF 3 ADITS, 315, 140, AND 110 FT LONG. ONLY THE UPPER ADIT HAS MINERALIZATION; MINERALS RECOGNIZED INCLUDE CHALCOPYRITE, GALENA, MALACHITE, PYRITE, SPHALERITE; MINERALS CONTROLLED BY FAULT STRUCTURES IN LIMESTONE AND ALTERED LIMESTONE. A SELECT SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.37% BISMUTH, 0.38% COPPER, 9.5% LEAD, 33.4 OZ/ST SILVER, 0.14% TUNGSTEN, AND 16.7% ZINC. ABOUT 50 SHORT TONS OF HIGH- GRADE BASE AND PRECIOUS METAL ORE WAS SHIPPED INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1902 TO 1941. A SMALL AMOUNT OF TUNGSTEN ORE WAS SHIPPED IN 1953.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-JUL-93 ADMR/Brown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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