Buckeye Apache Mines

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027135
MRDS ID M002204
Record type Site
Current site name Buckeye Apache Mines
Alternate or previous names Buckeye, Sunrise, Apache, Fairview Group
Related records 10209581

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.58565, 32.24068 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MILES NE OF DOS CABEZAS PEAKS

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)

San Simon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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 014S 027E 04 SE OF SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • UPPER BUCKEYE CANYON, EAST SIDE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.58565, 32.24068

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins; Main Buckeye Vein Strikes N-S, Dips 20w; Another Ore Vein, The Apache, Strikes E-W And Dips 45s

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880

Mining district

District name Silver Camp District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Buckeye Mining And Mllng Co, Buckeye Apache Mines Co

Comments on the production information

  • SPORADIC PRODUCTION OF ABOUT 4000 TONS FROM THE LATE1800'S TO LATE 1940'S.

Comments on the workings information

  • 2000 FT OF TUNNELS AND 250 FT OF CROSSCUTS, ONE 35 DEG INCLINED SHAFT, 30 FT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 72.

  • Deposit

    DREWES, HARALD, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED DATA, 1977-1980.

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IN QUARTZ VEINS ALONG FISSURE ZONES IN GRANITIC ROCK. VEINS ARE FROM 3 TO 15 FT WIDE, ALTHOUGH 3 FT WIDTH IS MOST USUAL. VEINS ARE MINERALIZED FOR 1000 TO 2000 FT IN LENGTH
Deposit 30 CLAIMS IN GROUP. HOST ROCK REPORTED TO BE PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE ON SILVER CITY MINERAL DEPOSIT MAP 1-1310-B (USGS 1983). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.