The Defiance Mine is a lead, zinc, silver, and copper mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,400 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
Elevation: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 31.74306, -109.82250
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Defiance Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Defiance Mine
Secondary: Part of Costello Group
Secondary: Silver Bell
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Semiprecious Gemstone
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Turquoise District, Courtland-Gleeson 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: Mrs. Mary Costello
Home Office: Los Angeles, Ca.
Years: 1927 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1900
Year Last Production: 1958
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: In Limestone Near Quartz Monzonite Contact, Limestone N30w, 40 To 50 Ne
Type: L
Description: Brecciated Fault Zones, N To Nnw Trending Gleeson Ridge Overthrust, Bedding Plane Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidized
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Calamine
Ore: Aurichalcite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Rosasite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Melaconite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Aragonite
Gangue: Kaolin
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Commodity): WULFENITE SPECIMENS ARE OFTEN MORE THAN 1 INCH WIDE AND VARY FROM A BUTTERSCOTCH ASPECT TO YELLOW CRYSTAL THAT IS AS THIN AS PAPER AND CLEAR AS GLASS.
Comment (Production): SPORADIC PRODUCTION 1900-1958.
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED GIACOMA BROS. MINING
Comment (Deposit): SCATTERED OXIDIZED OREBODIES ALONG PROMINENT FAULT FISSURES IN LIMESTONE NEAR CONTACT WITH INTRUSIVE QUARTZ MONZONITE.
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL WORKINGS.
Comment (Geology): ZN USUALLY OCCURS BELOW OR LATERALLY AWAY FROM PB.
References
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
Reference (Deposit): ARIZ. B. OF M. BULL. 123, 1927, PL. I, P. 75-77.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 81.
Reference (Deposit): BLAIR, GERRY, 1992, THE ROCKHOUND'S GUIDE TO ARIZONA: HELENA, MONTANA, FALCON PRESS, 165 P.
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