The Portage Lake & Bisbee Company Shaft Mining is a mine located in Cochise county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
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Portage Lake & Bisbee Company Shaft Mining MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Portage Lake & Bisbee Company Shaft Mining
Secondary: Portage Lake & Calumet Development Company
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
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: Portage Lake And Bisbee Dev. Co.
Home Office: Negaunee, Mi.
Years: 1943 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Development): PORTAGE LAKE AND CALUMET DEVELOPMENT COMPANY ATTEMPTED TO P SINK AN EXPLORATION SHAFT BEFORE 1903 BUT SUSPENDED SINKING AT 302 FT. DEPTH DUE TO INABILITY TO HANDLE WATER. REORGANIZED APRIL, 1903 AS PORTAGE LAKE AND BISBEE MINING COMPANY. EXTENSIVE DIAMOND DRILLING 1903 TO 1904 CUT AN EXTENSIVE LEACHED DEPOSIT BUT NO WORKABLE ORE BODIES. NO WORK DONE SINCE 1904.
Comment (Workings): TWO-COMPARTMENT SHAFT 302 FEET DEEP
Comment (Location): PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 12 CLAIMS (3 FRACTIONAL) COVERING 191 ACRES. PARTLY PATENTED.
Comment (Production): NONE TO 1/1943. UNDERGROUND. 192 ACRES IN PAT & LODE CLAIMS
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES
Reference (Deposit): COPPER HANDBOOK VOLUME 16
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