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Owl's Nest Mine

Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046259
MRDS ID M241135
Record type Site
Current site name Owl's Nest Mine
Related records 10137180

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.07483, 31.70124 (WGS84)
Elevation 1405
Relative position APPROX. 3/4 MI. SSW OF TOMBSTONE.

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

  • NW 1/4 SEC. 14.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Naco Limestone, Epitaph Dolomite
    Rock description Naco Limestone, Epitaph Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.07483, 31.70124
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zones And Anticlinal Rolls.

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 Milling And Mining. Co.
  • Type Operator
    Owner Tombstone Consolidated Mines Co.
  • Type Operator
    Owner Bunker Hill Mines Co.
  • Type Operator
    Owner Tombstone Development Co.

Comments on the production information

  • SOME PRODUCTION IN THE 1880'S.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 78.

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 143, 1938

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL OXIDIZED ORESHOOTS ALONG FRACTURE ZONES AND IN REPLACEMENT BODIES ON ANTICLINAL ROLLS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE LUCKY CUSS FAULT ZONE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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