The Comet and Black Eagle Mines is a manganese, silver, and lead 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
Elevation:
Commodity: Manganese, Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 31.685, -110.06194
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Comet and Black Eagle Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Comet and Black Eagle Mines
Secondary: Big Comet
Secondary: Little Comet
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
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: Old Glory Mining Co., Tombstone Consolidated Mines Co, Tombstone Development Co.
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: VEIN-LIKE
Structure
Type: L
Description: Ne Of Ajax Hill Horst
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Lead
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Workings): 3 LEVELS WITH UPWARD STOPES FROM EACH. TOTAL LENGTH OF WORKINGS ESTIMATED
Comment (Production): AT LEAST 10,000 TONS OF ORE PRODUCED FROM THE LATE 1800'S TO THE 1920'S.
Comment (Development): PRODUCTION LISTED UNDER THE TOMBSTONE GROUP
Comment (Deposit): LARGELY OXIDIZED, VEIN-LIKE REPLACEMENT BODIES OF MANGANESE-SILVER ORE IN AND ALONG THE FOOTWALL OF A DIKE CUTTINGTHICK BEDDED LIMESTONE.
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION MANGANESE-SILVER OCCURRED AFTER IRON-LEAD-ZINC MINERALIZATION PHASE
Comment (Deposit): ADDITIONAL REFERENCES: NO.4. ARIZ. B. OF M. BULL. 143, 1938, PL. 3, 4 . KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 74. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES.
Reference (Deposit): USGS TM TOMBSTONE, & VICINITY, ARIZ. 1907.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 710, 1920, P. 113, PL. 5.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
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