Cobre Loma

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodity Copper
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10161238
MRDS ID M241057
MAS/MILS ID 0040030067
Record type Site
Current site name Cobre Loma
Alternate or previous names Cobre Loma Pit, Coronado Nf Dragoon Unit
Related records 10104061

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -109.96376, 31.89123 (WGS84)
Elevation 1780
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cochise Stronghold(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willcox Playa(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 018 S 023 E 11 NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • THE COMMONWEALTH MILL (MINE ID 201873) WAS REPORTEDLY ON THE SAME SITE; NO REMAINS OF A MILL WERE NOTED FROM FIELD WORK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -109.96376, 31.89123

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1915

Mining district

District name Middle Pass District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cobre Loma Mining Co
    ID 201836
    Interest 100
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1978

Production statistics

  • Year 1915
    Description Copper Ore 4500 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 4500mt
  • Year 1920
    Description Last Year For Production In Record 001

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION YEARS OF 1915-1920 GIVEN IN MILS AND PRODUCTION TABLES ARE APPROXIMATE.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Total resources 4500mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.7 wt-pct Copper Major 1994
    Silver Ag 15 g/mt Silver 1994

Comments on the workings information

  • BAD GROUND AND WET CONDITIONS IN ADIT POSE HUMAN HAZARD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INNES, D. G. AND ASSOC, LTD., 1982, UNPUB. GEOL. REPORT ON

  • Deposit

    MIDDLEMARCH PROPERTY, PART OF ADMMR FILES, P. 2.

  • Deposit

    MAHONEY, C. G., 1942, USBM, UNPUB. WAR MINERALS MEMO ON

  • Deposit

    MIDDLEMARCH COPPER MINE, P. 4.

  • Deposit

    CHATMAN, M. L., 1993, USBM OFR MLA 30-93, P. 23-24, D79.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-JAN-1994 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 06/29/1978
MSHA mine ID0201836
Mine name (MSHA)Cobre Loma Pit
Current operatorCobre Loma Mining Company
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

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