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Gleeson Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Semiprecious Gemstone, Vanadium
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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 10046274
MRDS ID M241164
Record type Site
Current site name Gleeson Mine
Related records 10258549

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.82204, 31.73763 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position APPROX. 1/2 MI. NE OF GLEESON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Outlaw Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Whitewater Draw(hydrologic unit)

Rio De Bavispe(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sonora(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 019S 025E 32 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER SEC. 32. UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Semiprecious Gemstone Secondary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THIS MINE HAS PRODUCED BEAUTIFUL WULFENITE CRYSTALS FROM BUTTERSCOTCH TO YELLOW IN COLOR AND CLEAR TO CLOUDY.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Aurichalcite Ore
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Rosasite Ore
Silver Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Wulfenite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.82204, 31.73763
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Limestone Thrusted Over Rhyolite, Fault Dips 40w, Limestone Dips 45e

Ore body information

  • General form BEDS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Quartz Monzonite-Limestone Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Turquoise District, Courtland-Gleeson District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Costello

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 500 TONS OF ORE PRODUCED IN EARLY 1900'S.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND SURFACE WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 82.

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 123, 1927

  • Deposit

    BLAIR, GERRY, 1992, THE ROCKHOUND'S GUIDE TO ARIZONA: HELENA, MONTANA, FALCON PRESS, 165 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COPPER CARBONATES WITH MINOR SULFIDE IN REPLACEMENTS OF BEDS OF CARBONIFEROUS LIMESTONE.

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. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-APR-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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