Shattuck Denn Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Manganese, Gold, Vanadium
Sections on this page
  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 10101372
MRDS ID D000117
Record type Site
Current site name Shattuck Denn Mine
Related records 10282881

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.91732, 31.43347 (WGS84)
Elevation 1795
Relative position APPROX. 1 1/2 S MI. W OF LOWELL.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 023S 024E 17 CENTER OF SE OF NE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cuprodescloizite Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Gossan With Mn And Fe Oxides Induced By Hydrothermal Metamorphism

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Sacramento Hill Stock
    Rock description Sacramento Hill Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Jurassic
    Chronological age 170.5
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Escabrosa Limestone;Naco Limestone
    Rock description Escabrosa Limestone;Naco Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.91732, 31.43347

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Pre-Mineralization Faulting And Tilting Common
Type of structure Local
Structure description Main Fault Directions, N10w To N40e, S30w To N50w, Pre-Mineralization

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 60.96M
    Width 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Bodies Near Dikes And Sills, And Faulting And Associated Brecciation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1906
Year of last production 1947

Mining district

District name Warren District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner James Maffee

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED SOME 3 MILLION OR MORE TONS OF COPPER AND LEAD-ZINC ORE FROM 1906 TO 1947 AND SOME MANGANESE OXIDE IN 1917-1918.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SURFACE WORKINGS AND SHAFT AT LEAST 200 FT DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GALBRAITH, 1941, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 149, P. 65

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 89.

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE ZONE IS COMPOSED OF 4 OR 5 PARALLEL FAULT ZONES, IS AS WIDE AT IT IS LONG, AND IS CONFINED TO THE TROUGH MADE BY THE SAHTTUCK AND WOLVERINE GRANITE-PORPHYRY DIKES. THIS TROUGH PHUNGES NE AND ITS BOTTOM BECOMES A SILL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Fischer, Richard P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1982 Laraba, Peter (Gest, Don E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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