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Mayflower Mine

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. 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. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046186
MRDS ID M241023
Record type Site
Current site name Mayflower Mine
Related records 10282815

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.06455, 32.09901 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position SE EDGE OF TOWN OF JOHNSON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dragoon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(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 015S 022E 25,26 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • W CENTRAL SEC 25, E CENTRAL SEC 26, UTM EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Silver Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Limestone Is Metamorphosed To Tactite, Either Diopside-Rich Or Garnet-Rich

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Texas Canyon Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Texas Canyon Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 53
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Abrigo Formation
    Rock description Abrigo Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.06455, 32.09901
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Massive Fracture System, Tert Block Faulting Tilting Ne

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Replacement Beds Near Ne Trending Faults And Folds. Beds Strike Nw, Dip 40 Ne

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cochise District, Johnson Camp Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mayflower Mng Co, Coronado Copper And Zinc Co

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 250 TONS OF ORE SHIPPED IN 1907.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULL 187, P 58

  • Deposit

    LIVINGSTON, MAUGER, BENNETT, AND LAUGHLIN, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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