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Dives Mine Bear Cave Claim

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Graphite
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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. 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. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027127
MRDS ID M002181
Record type Site
Current site name Dives Mine Bear Cave Claim
Alternate or previous names Porter, Emma, Nettie, Nobby, Twin Peaks
Related records 10233726

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.59676, 32.20151 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 2.5 MI. N. OF DOS CABEZAS, ARIZ. (BY ROAD).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dos Cabezas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 014S 027E 21 SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Graphite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Graphite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Metamorphosed Shale

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.59676, 32.20151
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description E-W Trending Fault Separates Quartz Monzonite To The South From Cretaceous Shales To The North

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N68-87W
    Dip VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins Which Parallel A Wide E-W Trending Quartz Vein

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORES IN COARSELY-TEXTURED QUARTZ VEIN A LONG A FAULT FISSURE ZONE SEPARATING A WIDE BAND OF METAMORPHOSED, GRAPHIC SHALE FROM GRANITIC ROCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1877
Year of last production 1942

Mining district

District name Mascot District , Dos Cabezas District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Santa Maria Mining Co

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL VALUE ABT. $45,000 SINCE 1877 . SOME 10,000 TONS OF GOLD ORE PRODUCED SPORADICALLY FROM 1882 TO 1931.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 2377.44M
    Overall depth 182.88M
    Overall length 335.28M
    Overall width 284.99M

Comments on the workings information

  • E LEVELS OF MINE TREND E-W, 1100 FT ADIT IS MAIN WORKING ACCESS PERPENDICULAR TO MAIN 3 LEVELS, 300, 500, AND 600 FT. ALSO OTHER SHALLOWER SHAFTS

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED C.B. WHITE, DIVES MINING CO., H. CRABTREE, TWIN PEAKS MINING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZ. B. OF M. BULL. 137, 1934, P. 118, 119.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 61.

  • Deposit

    SHIELDS, 1940, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE DIVES AND GOLD RIDGE GROUPS: UNIV OF ARIZ MS THESIS.

  • Deposit

    COOPER, J.R., 1960, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-231.

  • Deposit

    ELSING, M J., AND HEINEMAN, R.E.S., 1936, ABM ECONOMIC SERIES 19, BULL. 140, P. 91.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    1934, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 137. KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN (N68-87W,VERT) ALONG FAULT SEPARATING METAMORPHOSED CRETACEOUS SHALE FROM PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1981 Gest, Don E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1995 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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