| Deposit ID | 10088888 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M800316 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Irish Mag Shaft |
| Alternate or previous names | Calumet and Arizona Mine |
| Related records | 10209783 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.91009, 31.43153 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1768 |
| Relative position | .4 MILES S-SW OF SACRAMENTO HILL |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Cochise |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 023S | 024E | 16 | SW OF SW OF NE | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Sacramento Hill Stock | ||||||
| Rock description | Sacramento Hill Stock | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Abrigo Formation; Martin Formation |
| Rock description | Abrigo Formation; Martin Formation |
| (1) | -109.91009, 31.43153 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Pre-Mineralization Tilting Common, Pre-Mineralization Faulting |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Main Fault Directions, N10w To N40e, S30w To N50w, Pre-Mineralization |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1902 |
| Year of last production | 1931 |
| District name | Warren District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Calumet And Arizona Mng. Co. , Lake Superior And W Stern Dev. Co. Phelps Dodge Corp.(19 |
| First year | 1902 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 424.59M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M800316 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040030633 |
USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA
ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA
ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 187, P. 88
RANSOME, F.L., 1904A, U.S.G.S. P.P. #21, P.111-112
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PARTLY OXIDIZED COPPER AND MINOR LEAD-ZINC MINERALIZATION, ASSOCIATED WITH STRONG FRACTURING AND FAULTING IN UNALTERED DEVONIAN AND CAMBRIAN LIMESTONES |
| Deposit | FIRST CALUMET AND ARIZONA MINE. OTHER SHAFT MINES OWNED BY CALUMET AND ARIZONA, AND ALSO CALLED CALUMET AND ARIZONA MINE WERE BRIGGS, COLE, JUNCTION, OLIVER POWELL AND HOATSON. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1982 | Laraba, Peter (Gest, Don E.) | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology |
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