The Gold Ridge Mine is a gold, lead, and silver mine located in Cochise county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
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Gold Ridge Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Ridge Mine
Secondary: Casey
Secondary: Juniper
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Dos Cabezas District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1935
Discovery Year: 1878
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): MINED INTERMITTANTLY BETWEEN 1880'S AND 1890'S AND LATER BETWEEN 1931 AND 1935. $15,000 IN AU UP TO 1933.
Comment (Development): LOCATED IN 1878 AS JUNIPER MINE
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS ALONG FAULT SEPARATING CRETACEOUS SHALE AND PALEOZOIC LIMESTONE FROM PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE.
Comment (Workings): NUMEROUS ADITS AND SHAFTS
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S. B., 1973, ABM BULL. 187, P. 61.
Reference (Deposit): COOPER, J. R., 1960, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-231.
Reference (Deposit): ELSING, M. J., AND HEINEMAN, R. E. S., 1936, ABM ECONOMIC SERIES 19, BULL. 140, P. 91.
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E. D., CUNNINGHAM, J. B., AND BUTLER, G. M., 1934, ABM BULL. 137, P. 119.
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