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Cobre Grande Mine

Past Producer in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10185895
MAS/MILS ID 0040090024
Record type Site
Current site name Cobre Grande Mine
Alternate or previous names Cowboy Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.29257, 32.9765 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graham(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cobre Grande Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-San Carlos Reservoir(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 Graham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005 S 020 E 22 SWSWSW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -110.29257, 32.9765
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Aravaipa

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, S. D., 1993, MINERAL APPRAISAL OF THE CORONADO

  • Deposit

    NATIONAL FOREST, PART 10, SANTA TERESA MOUNTAINS UNIT,

  • Deposit

    GRAHAM COUNTY, ARIZONA: USBM OPEN-FILE REPORT ??-93, 53 P

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C. P., 1925, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ARAVAIPA

  • Deposit

    AND STANLEY MINING DISTRICTS, GRAHAM COUNTY ARIZONA, USGS

  • Deposit

    BULLETIN 763, P. 102-103

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, F. S., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE KLONDYKE QUADRANGLE,

  • Deposit

    GRAHAM AND PINAL COUNTIES, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. PROFESSIONAL

  • Deposit

    PAPOER 461, P. 135-136, PLATE 1.

  • Deposit

    USGS COBRE GRANDE MTN. QUAD

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL WORKINGS IN THIS AREA ARE REFERRED TO AS THE COBRE GRANDE MINE. THE COWBOY TUNNEL HAD A SMALL AMOUNT OF COPPER PRODUCTION. MINERALS OCCUR IN IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT ZONES IN LIMESTONE, CHALCOPYRITE, CHALCOCITE, CHALCANTHITE, HEMATITE, PYRITE. ABOUT 600 FT SOUTHEAST OF THE COWBOY TUNNEL IS AN ADIT CAVED AT 205 FT, REPORTED TO BE OVER 700 FT LONG, MOSTLY BARREN ALTERED ROCK. A NEARBY PIT EXPOSES A SKARN ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-JUL-1993 Brown, Don U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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