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Clair Group Mines

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10161435
MRDS ID M241018
MAS/MILS ID 0040030117
Record type Site
Current site name Clair Group Mines
Alternate or previous names Empire State Mine, Mineral Investigation of the North, End Roadless Area.
Related records 10104049

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -109.33534, 32.07983 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cochise Head(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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 015 S 029 E 36 SE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Secondary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -109.33534, 32.07983
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name California District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Lone Butte Mining Co
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Pawnee Mining Co , Big Springs Mining Co

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH S B 1973 ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 187 P 51

  • Deposit

    STEVENS H J 1911 THE COPPER HANDBOOK P 1385

  • Deposit

    BIGSBY P R 1983 USBM OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 1-83, 10 P

  • Deposit

    BROWN S D 1993 USBM OPEN-FILE REPORT 12-93 P 73

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FIVE CLAIMS FIRST WORKED IN 1879, APPARENTLY IDLE SINCE 1910. DEVELOPMENT BY 2 SHAFTS, 60 AND 100 FT DEEP, CONNECTED BY AN 80 FT TUNNEL. GALENA AND CHALCOPYRITE IN A SHEAR ZONE IN FAULTED PENNSYLVANIAN-PERMIAN NACO GROUP LIMESTONE, CUT BY TERTIARY DIKES AND PLUGS. 100 FT SHAFT SAID TO BOTTOM IN ORE ASSAYING 12-25% COPPER. SMELTER SHIPMENT IN 1909 GAVE RETURNS OF 23% LEAD, 9 OUNCES/SHORT TON SILVER, 1 1/2 OUNCES/SHORT TON GOLD. PRODUCTION "A FEW TENS OF TONS" OF ORE SHIPPED IN 1909 AND 1910.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-JUL-93 ADMR/Brown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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