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Rabbit Claim Group

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Alteration
  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 10046183
MRDS ID M241019
Record type Site
Current site name Rabbit Claim Group
Alternate or previous names Dunn Springs
Related records 10233903

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.2687, 32.12596 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311
Relative position APPROX 10 MI SW OF SAN SIMON, N FLANK OF DUNN SPRINGS MTN, 2 MILES NE OF SUMMIT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Little Wood Canyon(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 015S 030E 14 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER SEC 14, UTM EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Weakly Oxidized Copper Mineralization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Naco Group;Bisbee Group
    Rock description Naco Group;Bisbee Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.2687, 32.12596
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tertiary Volcanic And Intrusive Event Associated With District Mineralization
Type of structure Local
Structure description E-W Trending Thrust Fault Separates Naco Group Limestone To South And Bisbee Group To North. Other E-W Thrusts Are Present On Dunn Springs Mtn

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Limestone And Quartzite Cut By Rhyolite Dikes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name California District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Providence Copper Co
  • Type Owner
    Owner Dunn Springs
    First year 1973

Comments on the production information

  • SOME MINOR PRODUCTION IN THE LATE 1800'S AND EARLY 1900'S.

Comments on the workings information

  • 24 TRENCHES, SHAFTS, AND PITS, INCLUDING A 100 FT SHAFT AND A 40 FT SHAFT

Comments on development

  • 8 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, 1912-1913

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 54.

  • Deposit

    SABINS, 1958, GSA BULL, V. 68, P. 1315

  • Deposit

    COPPER HANDBOOK, V. 11, 1912-1913, W.H. WEED, EDITOR, P. 725

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SPOTTY COPPER OXIDE MINERALS IN PERMIAN LIMESTONE AND CRETACEOUS QUARTZITE CUT BY TERTIARY DIKES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1981 Gest, Don E. U.S. Geological Survey

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