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Briggs Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold
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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. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046245
MRDS ID M241111
Record type Site
Current site name Briggs Mine
Alternate or previous names Calumet and Arizona Mine
Related records 10283138

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.89815, 31.42125 (WGS84)
Elevation 1591
Relative position NW EDGE OF BRIGGS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bisbee(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(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 023S 024E 22 E2 OF NW OF NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SEC. 22. UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Gossan With Mn And Fe Oxides Induced By Hydrothermal Metamorphism

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Jurassic
    Chronological age 170.5
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Escabrosa Limestone;Martin Limestone
    Rock description Escabrosa Limestone;Martin Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.89815, 31.42125
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Pre-Mineralization Faulting And Tilting Common
Type of structure Local
Structure description Main Fault Directions, N10w To N40e, S30w To N50w, Pre-Mineralization

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Bodies Near Dikes And Sills, And Faulting And Associated Brecciation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Warren District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Calumet And Arizona Mng. Co., Phelps Dodge Corp.

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND TONS OF ORE PRODUCED AND INCLUDED IN CALUMET & ARIZONA AND PHELPS DODGE YEARLY FIGURES.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • MINE SHAFT NOW COVERED BY TAILINGS DUMP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 85

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OXIDIZED, BASE METAL MINERALIZATION IN RELATIVELY UNALTERED MISS. AND DEV. LIMESTONES ALONG FRACTURE ZONES AND CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH JR. PORPHYRY DIKES AND SILLS.
Deposit PART OF THE CALUMET AND ARIZONA CO. WORKINGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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