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Christmas Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10161228
MRDS ID m241056
MAS/MILS ID 0040030115
Record type Site
Current site name Christmas Mine
Alternate or previous names Christmas Prospect, Dragoon, Coronado Nf Dragoon Unit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -109.94876, 31.86903 (WGS84)
Elevation 1743
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

Black Diamond Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willcox Playa(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle 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 018 S 023 E 13 SWSE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -109.94876, 31.86903
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1905

Mining district

District name Middle Pass District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Dragoon Copper Mining And Smelting Co
    Interest 100
    Year 1905
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Giacomo Bros
    Interest 100
    Year 1948

Production statistics

  • Year 1905
    Description Unspecified Ore, Possibly Lead-Copper 133 Mt
  • Year 1948
    Description Unspecified Ore, Possibly Lead-Copper 91 Mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1973, ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 187, P. 68.

  • Deposit

    CHATMAN, M. L., 1993, USBM OFR MLA 30-93, P. D104.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-JAN-1994 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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