The Chance Mine is a lead mine located in Cochise county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
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Chance Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Chance Mine
Secondary: Taylor Claims
Secondary: Scheerer Property
Secondary: Colford Copper
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Swisshelm District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Chance Mining Co.
Owner Name: Dan Huckins And J. Rydbom
Years: 1974 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1924
Year Last Production: 1956
Discovery Year: 1885
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: Nnw Thrust Faults In Swisshelms Overthrust, Penn Naco Group Over Rhyolite Porphyry
Type: L
Description: On Upthrown Side Of Nw Trending Fault; Penn Naco Group Strikes Nw, Dips 55 Sw
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strong Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Silver
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Production): SOME 7000 TONS OF ORE PRODUCED SPORADICALLY FROM THE 1880'S TO 1956, MAINLY IN 1945 TO 1951.
Comment (Deposit): ORE IN SEVERAL SMALL, TABULAR REPLACEMENT OREBODIES ALONG OR ADJACENT TO FRACTURE ZONES IN A FOLDED AND FAULTED OVERTHRUST BLOCK OF LIMESTONE, UNDERLAIN BY DIORITE PORPHYRY.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDE TWO SHAFTS WHICH CONNECT UNDERGROUND TO THE MOUNTAIN QUEEN MINE, AS WELL AS OTHER SMALLER SHAFTS; THE MAJORITY OF THE WORKINGS ARE ON THE CHANCE NO. 1 CLAIM
Comment (Development): CLAIMS INCLUDED THE CHANCE MNG. CO. (BRYANT, FRALIE, J. AND E. RYDBOM) C.F. DEBIO, R. SCHUBACH, D.H. TAYLOR, HUGES AND HUNT, COLFORD COPPER CO.
Comment (Location): S CENTRAL SEC. 12. UTM EST.
Comment (Geology): FOLDED AND FAULTED LIMESTONE BLOCK THRUST OVER DIORITE PORPHYRY.
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D002836 OF J. WILLIAM HASLER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 158
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 70.
Reference (Deposit): COOPER, 1956, USGS MAP MF-213
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): M.S. THESIS, MT. QUEEN AREA, BY W. R. LORING, UNIV. OF ARIZ.
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
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