Lucky Cuss, Escondido Claims

Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Manganese, Gold, Lead, Vanadium, Zinc
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. 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 10027137
MRDS ID M002207
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Cuss, Escondido Claims
Alternate or previous names Mccann, Wedge
Related records 10137120

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.07483, 31.70124 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 020S 022E 14 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Manganese Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized To Deposit Workings, Except Where Protected By Overlying Granodiorite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Schieffelin Granodiorite
    Rock description Schieffelin Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Naco Group Limestone;Bisbee Group Limestone
    Rock description Naco Group Limestone;Bisbee Group Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.07483, 31.70124

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Northerly Faulting In Tombstone Basin, Lucky Cuss Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NNE TO NNW
    Dip 70-75E
    Length 243.84M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone, Fissure Zone, Bedding Plane Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status 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 Mill And Mining Co., Tombstone Consolidated Mines Co., Bunker Hill Mines Co., Tombstone De

Comments on the production information

  • AT LEAST 100,000 TONS OF ORE PRODUCED SINCE THE 1880'S. PRODUCTION IS INCLUDED UNDER TOMBSTONE GROUP

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Area 4.206HA
    Length 1828.8M
    Overall depth 198.12M
    Overall length 365.76M
    Overall width 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • STOPES IN LUCKY CUSS FAULT ZONE AND IN MASSIVE LIMESTONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZ. B. OF M. BULL. 143, 1938, PL. 3, 4.

  • Deposit

    USGS TM TOMBSTONE & VICINITY ARIZ. 1907.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 710, 1920, P. 113, PL. 5.

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, WILSON, AND RASER, 1938, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 143, P. 63.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN187, P. 779.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR, EXTENSIVELY OXIDIZED, TABULAR TO CHIMNEY-LIKE OREBODIES IN ALTERED LIMESTONES AND SHALES; AS VEINS IN THE LUCKY CUSS FAULT ZONE; ALONG NORTHEAST FISSURE ZONE; AND AS REPLACEMENTS ALONG BEDDING PLANE FAULTS IN THE LIMESTONES CLOSE TO FISSURE ZONES. VARIABLE WIDTH AND THICKNESS. STRIKE AND DIP IS ORIENTATION OF LUCKY CUSS FAULT.
Deposit ONE OF THE ORIGINAL TOMBSTONE MINES. THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000108 OF RICHARD P. FISCHER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1981 Gest, Don E. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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