Tribute Mine

The Tribute Mine is a silver, lead, gold, and copper mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,649 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Tribute Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Zinc

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

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
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: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: In Tombstone Basin, Post Mineralization Tilting Towards N And Ne

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidized

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Copper
Ore: Molybdenite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): OXIDIZED ORE IN OVERTURNED SHALES WHERE FOLD IS INTERSECTED BY A DIKE AND "NORTHEAST" FISSURES.

Comment (Production): PRODUCED SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF ORE IN THE 1880'S AND SMALL TONNAGE INTERMITTENTLY SINCE THEN. POST 1900 DATA INCLUDED UNDER TOMBSTONE GROUP IN ABGMT-USBM DATA

Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED TOMBSTONE CONSOLIDATED MINES, BUNKER HILL MINES, AND TOMBSTONE DEVELOPMENT CO

Comment (Location): 1000 FT SE OF INGERSOL SHAFT, 2000 FT NE OF LUCKY CUSS SHAFT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Workings): SHAFT WITH 7 LEVELS OF WORKINGS, PROBABLY 700 FT DEEP, AND AT LEAST 2000 FT TOTAL WORKINGS. 7TH LEVEL ADJOINS SULPHURET SHAFT TO THE EAST

Comment (Geology): GOLD CONTENT IS GREATEST IN OR NEAR THE NE FISSURES

Comment (Deposit): RECORD # D000109 BY RICHARD P. FISCHER HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS ONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, WILSON AND RASER, 1938, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 143, P. 63.

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 80.

Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.

Reference (Deposit): ABM FILE DATA

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