| Deposit ID | 10046208 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M241056 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Christmas Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Dragoon |
| Related records | 10258154 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.94872, 31.86985 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1768 |
| Relative position | APPROX 2 MI NW OF BLACK DIAMOND PEAK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Cochise(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Black Diamond Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Douglas(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)
Federal lands
Coronado National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Cochise |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 018S | 023E | 13 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Lead | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Stronghold Granite | ||||||
| Rock description | Stronghold Granite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Bisbee Group Limestone |
| Rock description | Bisbee Group Limestone |
| (1) | -109.94872, 31.86985 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Complex Tertiary Faulting Of Paleozoic And Cretaceous Sediments, Tertiary Intrusives |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | East Dipping, Nw Trending Thrust Sheets. Steep Dipping To Overturned Cretaceous Beds |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1905 |
| Year of last production | 1979 |
| District name | Middle Pass District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Britton, Eval |
| First year | 1979 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M241056 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040030115 |
KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 68.
STEVENS, 1906, THE COPPER HANDBOOK, V. 6, P. 460
MARVIN, STERN, CREASEY, MEHNERT, 1973, USGS BULL 1379
KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE IN REPLACEMENTS IN LIMESTONE ALONG A CONTACT WITH A PORPHYRY INTRUSION. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1980 | Zigler, Jan L. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-1981 | Rodriguez, Ignacio (Gest, Don E.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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