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Sulphuret Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, 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. 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 10102438
MRDS ID M002071
Record type Site
Current site name Sulphuret Mine
Related records 10184472

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.07149, 31.70791 (WGS84)
Relative position 1/2 MI. S. OF TOMBSTONE, ARIZ.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tombstone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(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 20S 22E 11 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 SEC. 11.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Bisbee Group Limestone
    Rock description Bisbee Group Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.07149, 31.70791
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description In Tombstone Basin, Tilting To Nw After Mineralization; Nnw Granodiorite Dike In Area Of Mine

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Anticlinal Fold

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tombstone District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Contention Mining Co., Western Mining Co., Tombstone Consolidated Mines Co., Bunker Hill Mines Co

Comments on the production information

  • SOME 20,000 TONS OF ORE PRODUCED, MAINLY IN THE EARLY 1900'S. PRODUCTION INCLUDED UNDER TOMBSTONE GROUP IN ABGMT-USBM DATA

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 914.4M
    Overall depth 160.02M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS ADJOIN CONTENTION AND HEAD CENTER SHAFTS, ABOUT 50 YARDS SE. LENGTH OF WORKINGS ESTIMATED

Comments on development

  • ONE OF THE ORIGINAL SHAFTS OF THE TOMBSTONE DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZ. B. OF M. BULL. 143

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 79.

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OREBODIES ALONG A BROAD ANTICLINAL FOLD IN LIMESTONE AND INTERSECTING "NORTHEAST" FISSURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-NOV-1981 Gest, Don E. U.S. Geological Survey

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