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Goodenough Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, 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 10046263
MRDS ID M241141
Record type Site
Current site name Goodenough Mine
Alternate or previous names Combination, No. 6
Related records 10282992

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.06899, 31.71069 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position S EDGE 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 11 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SEC. 11. UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Bisbee Limestone Is Recrystallized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Bisbee Group Limestone
    Rock description Bisbee Group Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.06899, 31.71069
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description In Tombstone Basin. Nne Trending Granodiorite Dikes,Ne Fissures

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Anticlinal Rolls.

Comments on the geologic information

  • OXIDIZED OREBODIES ALONG ANTICLINAL ROLLS CUT BY NORTHEAST FISSURE ZONES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tombstone District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner San Marino Development Corp.
    Home office Beverly Hills
    First year 1962
  • 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

  • PRODUCTION IS FROM GOODENOUGH CLAIM AND CAME THROUGH EITHER THE TOUGHNUT OR EMPIRE SHAFTS. 1879-1883 PRODUCTION UNDER TOUGHNUT

Comments on the workings information

  • GOODENOUGH CLAIM INCLUDES WORKINGS BETWEEN THE EMPIRE AMD TOUGHNUT SHAFTS. DESCRIBED UNDER EMPIRE MINE RECORD. IN 1884, PRODUCTION BEGAN FROM GOODENOUGH CLAIM

Comments on development

  • SAN MARINO DEVELOPMENT CORP RUNNING MINE TOURS, 1962 TO PRESENT. TOMBSTONE MINING AND MILLING OPERATED PROPERTY 1884-1896, J.C. GILBERT IN 1913

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 76.

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 143, 1938

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE ALONG ANTICLINAL ROLLS CUT BY NORTHEAST FISSURE ZONES.

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

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

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