| Deposit ID | 10027129 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M002184 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Comet and Black Eagle Mines |
| Alternate or previous names | Big Comet, Little Comet |
| Related records | 10209418 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.0626, 31.68513 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 2 MI. S. OF TOMBSTONE, ARIZ. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Cochise |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 020S | 022E | 23 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Lead | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Naco Group Limestone |
| Rock description | Naco Group Limestone |
| (1) | Cretaceous to Late Jurassic sedimentary rocks with minor volcanic rocks |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne Of Ajax Hill Horst |
| General form | VEIN-LIKE |
|---|---|
| Plunge direction | 70W |
| Length | 419.1M |
| Width | 3.05M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Tombstone District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Old Glory Mining Co., Tombstone Consolidated Mines Co, Tombstone Development Co. |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 914.4M |
| Overall depth | 121.92M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M002184 |
USBM FILES.
USGS TM TOMBSTONE, & VICINITY, ARIZ. 1907.
USGS BULL. 710, 1920, P. 113, PL. 5.
CIMRI
KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | LARGELY OXIDIZED, VEIN-LIKE REPLACEMENT BODIES OF MANGANESE-SILVER ORE IN AND ALONG THE FOOTWALL OF A DIKE CUTTINGTHICK BEDDED LIMESTONE. |
| Deposit | ADDITIONAL REFERENCES: NO.4. ARIZ. B. OF M. BULL. 143, 1938, PL. 3, 4 . KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 74. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1972 | Gere, W. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-NOV-1981 | Rodriguez, Ignacio (Gest, Don E.) | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology | |
| Updater | 01-MAY-1995 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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