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Willie Rose Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046184
MRDS ID M241020
Record type Site
Current site name Willie Rose Mine
Related records 10136675

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.25731, 32.09652 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position APROX 12 MI SW OF SAN SIMON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cochise Head(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 015S 030E 26 W2 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • FOR WEST SHAFT OF MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HIGH GRADE CHALCOCITE AND OTHER COPPER SULFIDES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Maco Group, Colina Limestone, Concha Limestone
    Rock description Maco Group, Colina Limestone, Concha Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.25731, 32.09652
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Beds Strike E-W, Dip 50s. N-S Trending Normal Faultsand N-S Trending Tert Rhyolite Intrusives

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Zone Between Limestone And Rhyolite

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IN CONTACT ZONE BETWEEN LIMESTONE AND INTRUSIVE RHYOLITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name California District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Willie Rose Copper Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • A TOTAL OF ABOUT 150 TONS OF ORE PRODUCED INTERMITTENTLY BETWEEN 1913 AND 1953.

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS, IN 1917 ONE WAS 188 FT DEEP AND OTHER 108 FT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 55

  • Deposit

    SABINS, 1957, GSA BULL, V. 68, P. 1315

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IN CONTACT ZONE BETWEEN LIMESTONE AND INTRUSIVE RHYOLITE. MAIN ORE SHOOT REPORTED TO BE 200 FT WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1981 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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Authoritative Arizona resources

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