The Charleston Lead Mine & Prospects is a lead and zinc mine located in Cochise county, Arizona.
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Charleston Lead Mine & Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Charleston Lead Mine & Prospects
Secondary: Woolrey
Secondary: Grant
Secondary: Brother George
Secondary: Mary Jo
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Mica
Secondary: Clay
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Tombstone 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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Tombstone Gold And Silver Mines, Inc., Chalreston Lead Mines Co., Tombstone Mica Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1944
Year Last Production: 1961
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
Type: L
Description: Fault Fissure
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): A FEW THOUSAND TONS OF LEAD-ZINC ORE PRODUCED IN THE 1930'S AND 1940'S. SOME CLAY AND SCRAP MICA PRODUCED MORE RE CENTLY.
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED MARY JO WOOLREY; 12 CLAIMS AS OF 1943
Comment (Workings): SHAFT WORKINGS
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 73.
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): USGS, AZ BUREAU OF MINES, AND U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, 1969, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 180, 638 P.
Reference (Deposit): AZGS INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 2ND EDITION: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
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