Tribute Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Molybdenum, Vanadium, Zinc
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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027022
MRDS ID M001735
Record type Site
Current site name Tribute Mine
Related records 10161293

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.06983, 31.70263 (WGS84)
Elevation 1417
Relative position 3/4 MI. SW OF TOMBSTONE, ARIZ.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tombstone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle 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 20S 22E 11 S OF CENTER Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 1000 FT SE OF INGERSOL SHAFT, 2000 FT NE OF LUCKY CUSS SHAFT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Secondary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Molybdenite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Bisbee Group Shales
    Rock description Bisbee Group Shales

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.06983, 31.70263

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description In Tombstone Basin, Post Mineralization Tilting Towards N And Ne

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike DIKES ARE N12E
    Dip 75-85W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Northeast Trending Fissures, Intersection With N Trending Dike

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOLD CONTENT IS GREATEST IN OR NEAR THE NE FISSURES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tombstone District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF ORE IN THE 1880'S AND SMALL TONNAGE INTERMITTENTLY SINCE THEN. POST 1900 DATA INCLUDED UNDER TOMBSTONE GROUP IN ABGMT-USBM DATA

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT WITH 7 LEVELS OF WORKINGS, PROBABLY 700 FT DEEP, AND AT LEAST 2000 FT TOTAL WORKINGS. 7TH LEVEL ADJOINS SULPHURET SHAFT TO THE EAST

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED TOMBSTONE CONSOLIDATED MINES, BUNKER HILL MINES, AND TOMBSTONE DEVELOPMENT CO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, WILSON AND RASER, 1938, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 143, P. 63.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 80.

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD # D000109 BY RICHARD P. FISCHER HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS ONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit OXIDIZED ORE IN OVERTURNED SHALES WHERE FOLD IS INTERSECTED BY A DIKE AND "NORTHEAST" FISSURES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-NOV-1981 Gest, Don E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1973 Fischer, Richard P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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