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Contact Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Manganese, Silver, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  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 10027104
MRDS ID M002073
Record type Site
Current site name Contact Mine
Related records 10137021

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.08705, 31.69152 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MI. S. 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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

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 15 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Naco Group Limestone
    Rock description Naco Group Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.08705, 31.69152
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Prompter Fault Area

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN-LIKE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne Fissure Vein, Dike Or Premineral Fault Cutting A Permeable Horizon. Fissure Vein Paralleling Fault Is Likely Ore Control

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION MANGANESE-SILVER OCCURRED AFTER IRON-LEAD-ZINC MINERALIZATION PHASE

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tombstone Development Co.
    Home office Tombstone, Az.
    First year 1941

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION INCLUDED UNDER TOMBSTONE GROUP

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT WORKINGS FOOTWALL OF THE PROMPTER FAULT HAS BEEN EXPLORED FOR A DISTANCE OF APPROX 1200 FT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZ. B. OF M. BULL. 143, 1938

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, F. 74.

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL VEIN-LIKE REPLACEMENT BODIES OF MANGANESE OX IDES IN BLOCKS OF LIMESTONE ALONG THE FOOTWALL OF THE PROMPTERFAULT WHERE INTERSECTING "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 Rodriguez, Ignacio (Gest, Don E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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