The Wolverine Mine is a copper, lead, and zinc mine located in Cochise county, Arizona.
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Wolverine Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wolverine Mine
Secondary: Broken Promise
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Warren District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Wolverine And Arizona Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1909
Year Last Production: 1931
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Pre-Mineralization Faulting And Tilting Common
Type: L
Description: Main Fault Directions, N10w To N40e, S30w To N50w, Pre-Mineralization
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Gossan With Mn And Fe Oxides Induced By Hydrothermal Metamorphism
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 170.500000+-7.500000
Age Young: Jurassic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Anglesite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): TWO SHAFTS, BOTH FOUND IN THE NE/4 OF SECTION 20 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Production): REPORTED MORE THAN $1,000,000 TO 9/1942. UNDERGROUND
Comment (Development): 9 CLIAMS - CAIRO, MENPHIS, KENTUCKY, GEORGIA, LOUISIANA, CHICAGO, WARREN, GEORGE, BROKEN PROMISE
Comment (Workings): SHAFT ON THE BROKEN PROMISE CLAIM 700 FT DEEP. SHAFT ON WARREN CLAIM (WHICH ADJOINS THE QUEEN AND SHATTUCK PROPERTIES) 500 FT DEEP. SHAFTS ARE ABOUT 800 FT APART, ONE TUNNEL CONNECTS THE TWO SHAFTS
Comment (Deposit): OXIDIZED BASE METAL SULFIDES IN UNALTERED CAMB LIMESTONE ASSOCIATED WITH A PORPHYRY DIKE AND STRONG FRACTURING.
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 90.
Reference (Deposit): BONILLAS, TENNY, AND FEUCHERE, 1917, AIME TRANS V. 55, P. 284-355
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187
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