Gold Ridge

The Gold Ridge is a gold, lead, silver, and copper mine located in Cochise county, Arizona.

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: 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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