The Waterloo Mine is a manganese mine located in Cochise county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
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Waterloo Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Waterloo Mine
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
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: Calumet And Arizona Mining Co., , Phelps Dodge Corp
Years: 1930 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: R
Description: Pre-Mineralization Faulting And Tilting Common
Type: L
Description: Main Fault Directions, N10w To N40e, S30w To N50w, Pre-Mineralization
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Gossan With Mn And Fe Oxides Induced By Hydrothermal Metamorphism
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 170.500000+-7.500000
Age Young: Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION ESTIMATED FROM MINE MAP FOUND IN USBM IC 7990, P. 11 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Production): 1200-1500 TONS
Comment (Deposit): LENSES AND IRREGULAR BODIES OF MANGANESE OXIDES ALONG FISSURE ZONES IN LIMESTONE. FISSURE ZONE STRIKES N10W, STEEPLY DIPPING, IN NACO LIMESTONE. HIGH GRADE ORE BODIES RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 FT IN WIDTH AND FROM 15 TO 70 FT IN LENGTH
Comment (Workings): ORE HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM SEVEN OR MORE SHALLOW OPEN CUTS THAT EXTEND SOME 400 FT ALONG STRIKE. THE DEEPEST WORKING WAS AN OPEN PIT 15 TO 20 FT IN DIAMETER AND ABOUT 25 FT DEEP
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 710, 1920, PL. IV, P. 109
Reference (Deposit): ARIZ. B. OF M. BULL. 127, 1930, P.41
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 90.
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, 1961, USBM IC 7990, P. 11
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
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