The Higgins Mine is a copper, lead, and manganese mine located in Cochise county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Copper, Lead, Manganese
Lat, Long: 31.43806, -109.92000
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Higgins Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Higgins Mine
Secondary: Twilight
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Manganese
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Vanadium
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Twilight Co.
Owner Name: Higgins Mining Co., Phelps Dodge Corp.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1913
Year Last Production: 1920
Discovery Year: 1900
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
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
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
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE HIGGINS ORE BODY IS CLOSE TO THE SHATTUCK DIKE
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000116 OF RICHARD T. FISCHER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): MINE LOCATION ESTIMATED FROM MINE MAP IN USBM IC 7990, P. 11. PRESENT DAY LOCATION NOT KNOWN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Production): BASE METAL ORE PRODUCED 1913-1915. MANGANESE ORE ORE SHIPPED IN 1913-1921, 1925-1929 AND 1943.
Comment (Deposit): LEAD AND COPPER SUFIDES AND CARBONATES IN CAMB LIMESTONE CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH A PORPHYRY DIKE. HARD MANGANESE ORE IN RELATIVELY LARGE MASSES ALONG FRACTURE ZONES IN MISS LIMESTONE.
Comment (Workings): 1200 FT DRIFT AT THE END OF THE SHAFT, THE MINE IS CONNECTED BY TUNNELS TO THE WOLVERINE AND SOUTHWEST GROUP
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 87.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 710, 1920, PL. IV,PP. 105-6.
Reference (Deposit): ARIZ. B. OF M. BULL. 124, 1930, PP. 36-39
Reference (Deposit): GALBRAITH, 1941, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 149, P. 65.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
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