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Cave Creek Canyon Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104058
MRDS ID M241047
Record type Site
Current site name Cave Creek Canyon Mine
Alternate or previous names Cave, Cave Creek, Cave Canyon
Related records 10113095

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.31872, 31.38625 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 2 3/4 MI SE OF WAKEFIELD CAMP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Miller Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nogales(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)

Federal lands

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Miller Peak Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

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 020E 33 SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 SEC 33 UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.31872, 31.38625
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IN EXOTIC BLOCKS OF LIMESTONE IN TRI-JUR VOLCANICS WHICH ARE BADLY FAULTED AND CUT BY RHYOLITE DIKES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Hartford District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • SOME 565 TONS OF ORE PRODUCED IN 1946-1947.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 100.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 TUNNELS, ONE 20 FT LONG AND ONE 130 FT LONG, TUNNELS BEGIN 40 FT APART, 1942

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED J.W. TURNER AND CAVE MT. MINES CO; 11 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 65.

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA, CAVE CREEK CANYON

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IN EXOTIC BLOCKS OF LIMESTONE IN TRI-JUR VOLCANICS WHICH ARE BADLY FAULTED AND CUT BY RHYOLITE DIKES. ORE PARTLY OXIDIZED. REPLACEMENT BODIES ARE 2 TO 5 FT WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1981 Gest, Don E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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