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Chiricahua Mine

Prospect in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10258154
MRDS ID M241056
MAS/MILS ID 0040030054
Record type Site
Current site name Chiricahua Mine
Related records 10046208

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -109.24894, 31.95373 (WGS84)
Elevation 1884
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

Portal(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(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 017 S 030 W 14 SE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -109.24894, 31.95373
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name California District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN S D 1993 USBM OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 12-93, 188 P

  • Deposit

    DALE V B & OTHERS 1960 USBM RI 5650 P 16

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPORTED 480 FT DEEP SHAFT WITH SEVERAL LEVELS OF WORKINGS, NOW CAVED AND A GLORY HOLE ABOUT 50 FT ACROSS, 30 FT DEEP. SHAFT COLLAR ON OR ADJACENT TO CONTACT BETWEEN LIMESTONE AND GRANITIC ROCK, NO ORE MINERALS SEEN ON DUMP, SHAFT REPORTEDLY SUNK ON WEAK COPPER MINERALIZATION. OLD FOUNDATION OF A MILL NEARBY. ABOUT 200 FT NORTH OF THE SHAFT IS A STRAIGHT ADIT THAT IS CAVED AT 490 FT FROM PORTAL. ADIT IN LIMESTONE WITH MINOR MALACHITE STAINS. UNLIKELY ANY PRODUCTION FROM THESE WORKINGS BECAUSE OF LACK OF MINERALS IN PLACE OR ON DUMP. ABOUT 900 FT NORTHWEST OF THE CHIRICAHUA MINE IS A 20-FT-LONG ADIT AND A SMALL PROSPECT PIT. THE ADIT IS IN A ZONE OF ALTERED, BRECCIATED, IRON-STAINED LIMESTONE WITH A TACTITE ZONE NEAR THE PORTAL. A SAMPLE FROM THE TACTITE ZONE ASSAYED 4.8% COPPER, MALACHITE STAINS WERE THE ONLY ORE MINERAL SEEN. A SMALL SLOUGHED IN PIT IS ABOUT 200 FT SOUTHEAST OF THIS ADIT. MINERALS ON THE DUMP INCLUDE BORNITE, CHALCOCITE, CHALCOPYRITE, AND MALACHITE. A SAMPLE OF THIS ORE ASSAYED 13.7% COPPER AND 6.7 OUNCES/SHORT TON SILVER. THE PIT IS IN AN AREA OF ALTERED AND IRON-STAINED LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-JUL-1993 Brown, Don U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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