The Cottonwood Mine is a gold, silver, and lead mine located in Cochise county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
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Cottonwood Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cottonwood Mine
Secondary: Apache Pass District
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Mascot 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: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Cottonwood Mining Co., Western Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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: VEINS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): ONE MAIN SHAFT AND SMALLER SHAFT DOWN TO 56 FT LEVEL. WORKINGS AT 56, 113, 180, AND 280 FT
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Production): SOME 500 OR MORE TONS OF GOLD ORE PRODUCED FROM 1880'S TO 1934.
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS IN PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE
References
Reference (Deposit): DREWES, HARALD, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED DATA, 1977-1980.
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 60.
Reference (Deposit): COOPER, J. R., 1960, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-231.
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