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Cyclone Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027117
MRDS ID M002145
Record type Site
Current site name Cyclone Mine
Related records 10112494

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.81565, 31.7768 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MI. NW OF COURTLAND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Turquoise Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Whitewater Draw(hydrologic unit)

Rio De Bavispe(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sonora(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 19S 25E 17 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.81565, 31.7768
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Limestone Thrusted Over Rhyolite, Fault Dips 40w, Limestone Dips 45e

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Between Limestone And Intrusive Body

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1942
Year of last production 1942

Mining district

District name Turquoise District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Paul Warnekross

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW TONS PRODUCED IN EARLY 1900'S.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED L. JONES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZ. B. OF M. BULL. 123, 1927, PL.I, P.68

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 81.

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE ALONG CONTACT ZONE OF LIMESTONE AND INTRUSIVE QUARTZ MONZONITE.

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

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