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Germania Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088876
MRDS ID M800132
Record type Site
Current site name Germania Mine
Alternate or previous names Gemania
Related records 10258256

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.80732, 31.77402 (WGS84)
Elevation 1478
Relative position 1/2 MILE SE OF TURQUOISE MTN, APPROX. 1/4 MI. N. OF COURTLAND.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Turquoise 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)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

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 16 SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Semiprecious Gemstone Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Bolsa Quartzite;Abrigo Limestone
    Rock description Bolsa Quartzite;Abrigo Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.80732, 31.77402
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Overthrust Of Bolsa Quartzite Over Paleozoic Rocks

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET & IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In Breccia Between Bolsa Quartzite Above And Limestone Below. Some Ore In Ls

Comments on the geologic information

  • IN SOME AREAS, ABRIGO LIMESTONE UNDERLIES BOLSA QUARTZITE IN THE OVERLYING PLATE. THICKNESS OF OVERTHRUST MATERIAL ABOUT 100 FEET.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1909
Year of last production 1940

Mining district

District name Turquoise District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1493.52M
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS ADJOIN MAID OF SUNSHINE & MARY SHAFT SUNK IN 1909.

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDING CHARLES GERDES, CALUMET ARIZONA, GERDES & MCDONALD, F.E. LAYMON SOME PRODUCTION MAY BE INCLUDED IN THE MAID OF SUNSHINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT 187, P. 81.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.O., 1927, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COURT LAND-GLEESON REGION, ARIZONA. ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 123, P. 43-44, P. 58.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B. 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 81.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AVERAGE OF 15 FEET THICK DRIFTS ON THE 145, 215, 260, 275, 300, AND 500 FOOT LEVELS. MINERALIZATION PINCHED OUT AT DEPTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-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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