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Cole Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Bismuth
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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. 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 10104074
MRDS ID M241113
Record type Site
Current site name Cole Mine
Alternate or previous names Calumet and Arizona Mine
Related records 10185841

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.90732, 31.4182 (WGS84)
Elevation 1628
Relative position APPROX. 1 1/2 MI. WNW OF WARREN.

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 21 S2 OF NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SEC. 21. UTM ACC.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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

Alteration

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Jurassic
    Chronological age 170.5
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Abrigo Formation; Martin Formation
    Rock description Abrigo Formation; Martin Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.90732, 31.4182
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

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 Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Warren District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lake Superior And Pittsburg Development Co, Calumet And Arizona Mining Co, Phelps Dodge Corp

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY PRODUCED SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND TONS OF ORE; INCLUDED IN SUPERIOR AND PITTSBURGH TOTAL, AND CALUMET AND ARIZONA TOTAL AFTER 1915

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 86

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PARTIALLY OXIDIZED COPPER MINERALIZATION IN RELATIVELY UNALTERED CAMB AND DEV LIMESTONES ALONG THE DALLES FAULT ZONE AND ADJACENT FRACTURE ZONES.
Deposit ONE OF THE MAJOR CALUMET AND ARIZONA COMPANY MINES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Zigler, Jan L. 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.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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