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Oxbow Mine

Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver
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Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026943
MRDS ID M001201
Record type Site
Current site name Oxbow Mine
Related records 10185688

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.21731, 31.9668 (WGS84)
Relative position EAST SIDE OF CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS IN COCHISE COUNTY.

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) Paleozoic sedimentary rocks
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NODULES OF COPPER ORE IN FAULT ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name California District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Oscar Turrentine
    Home office Lordsburg, N.M.

Comments on the production information

  • FEW TONS HAVE BEEN SHIPPED TO 7/1943. UNDERGROUND & SHALLOW CUTS PRODUCTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S.B.M. FILES

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. 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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.