The Gold Ridge is a gold, lead, silver, and copper mine located in Cochise county, Arizona.
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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
Elevation:
Commodity: Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 31.93028, -109.59028
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Gold Ridge MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Ridge
Secondary: Casey
Secondary: Juniper Mine
Secondary: Huntsman
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Graphite
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Mascot 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: Chicago And Arizona Copper Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1878
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: BANDS
Structure
Type: L
Description: E-W Trending Fault Juxtaposing Cret Bisbee Group To North With Prec Rapakivi Quartz Monzonite To South. Cret Beds Strike E-W, Dip 60 Or More N
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Geology): ORE IN BANDS OF COARSE-TEXTURED QUARTZ ALONG A MAJOR FAULT AND PARALLEL SHEARS SEPARATING BLOCKS OF GRAPHITIC SHALE AND PYROMETAMORPHOSED LIMESTONE FROM GRANITIC ROCKS.
Comment (Workings): 2 TUNNELS WITH 1000 FT WORKINGS ON LOWER TUNNEL, 1500 FT WORKINGS ON UPPER TUNNEL, PLUS ANOTHER APPROX 2000 FT OF CROSSCUTS, WINZES, AND DRIFTS
Comment (Production): SOME 1000 OR MORE TONS OF ORE PRODUCED INTERMITTENTLY IN 1880'S AND 1890'S AND FROM 1915 TO 1936.
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED A.J. WELTY, J.H. HUNTSMAN, A.W. PORSEY; 9 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1939
Comment (Deposit): PRINCIPAL VEIN RUNS E-W, 4 TO 34 FT WIDE, 1750 FT LONG, WITH AVERAGE DEPTH OF 400 FT. 7 OTHER VEINS STRIKE MORE NORTHERLY, UP TO 5 FT WIDE. AU-AG-CU-PB MINERALIZATION IN FISSURE ZONES SEPARATING PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE FROM CRETACEOUS GRAPHITIC SHALES, AND IN FAULT ZONES WITHIN CRETACEOUS GRAPHITIC SHALE.
References
Reference (Deposit): ARIZ. B. OF M. BULL. 137, 1934, P. 119.
Reference (Deposit): ELSING, M.J.; HEINEMAN, R.E.S.; 1936, ARIZONA BUREAUOF MINES BULLETIN 140, P. 91.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 61.
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
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