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Lime Mountain Workings

Occurrence in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095420
MRDS ID M050002
Record type Site
Current site name Lime Mountain Workings
Related records 10185911

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.08816, 32.1104 (WGS84)
Elevation 1783
Relative position 1.5 MILES WNW FROM TOWN OF JOHNSON ON EAST SLOPE OF JOHNSON PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dragoon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 015S 022E 22 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO ORE PRODUCED

Alteration

  • (Local) Locally Silicified Rock Along Faults, But No Metamorphism

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Texas Canyon
    Rock description Texas Canyon
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 53
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Abrigo Formation; Martin Formation
    Rock description Abrigo Formation; Martin Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.08816, 32.1104
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tertiary Block Faulting Trending Nw ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N And Nw Trending Folds And Thrust Faults Overriding To Ne.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Northward Trending Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ABRIGO AND MARTIN FORMATIONS ARE CUT BY NORTHWARD TRENDING FAULTS. SHEARING AND SILICIFICATION MARK FAULTS WHICH ARE GENERALLY UNMINERALIZED. UNMETAMORPHOSED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cochise District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lime Mountain Copper Co

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION KNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 365.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL ADITS

Comments on development

  • ADITS OPENED IN 1907 BUT NO ORE PRODUCED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOPER, J.R., AND SILVER, L. T. 1964, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 416.

  • Deposit

    COOPER, J.R., 1950, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES. GEOL. SER. 18, BULL. 156.

  • Deposit

    LIVINGSTON, MAUGER, BENNETT, AND LAUGHLIN, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375.

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, COOPER AND SILVER, PROF. PAPER 41

  • Production

    COPPER AND SILVER 1964

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey

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