The Telephone Mine is a silver and manganese mine located in Cochise county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
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Telephone Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Telephone Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Manganese
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 Development Co.
Home Office: Tombstone, Az.
Years: 1941 -
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: Immediately North Of E-W Trending Prompter Fault. Beds Dip 65-70s
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SMALL, OXIDIZED OREBODIES IN LIMESTONE ALONG BEDDING PLANE SLIPS BUT BY "NORTHEAST" FISSURES.
Comment (Workings): 8 LEVELS, STOPES MOST EXTENSIVE ON UPPER 4 LEVELS
Comment (Geology): MANGANESE MINERALIZATION APPARENTLY OCCURRED AFTER PHASE OF IRON-LEAD-ZINC MINERALIZATION
Comment (Location): CENTER OF SECTION 14 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Production): FEW HUNDRED TONS PRODUCED IN LATE 1800'S. NO DATA ON ABGMT-USBM FILES
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 79.
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
Reference (Deposit): ARIZ. B. OF M. BULL. 143, 1938, PL. 4
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