Buckeye Apache Mines

The Buckeye Apache Mines is a gold, 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

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Site Name

Primary: Buckeye Apache Mines
Secondary: Buckeye
Secondary: Sunrise
Secondary: Apache
Secondary: Fairview Group

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead

Location

State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Silver Camp District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Buckeye Mining And Mllng Co, Buckeye Apache Mines Co

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1880
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

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): 30 CLAIMS IN GROUP. HOST ROCK REPORTED TO BE PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE ON SILVER CITY MINERAL DEPOSIT MAP 1-1310-B (USGS 1983). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Location): UPPER BUCKEYE CANYON, EAST SIDE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Production): SPORADIC PRODUCTION OF ABOUT 4000 TONS FROM THE LATE1800'S TO LATE 1940'S.

Comment (Deposit): ORE IN QUARTZ VEINS ALONG FISSURE ZONES IN GRANITIC ROCK. VEINS ARE FROM 3 TO 15 FT WIDE, ALTHOUGH 3 FT WIDTH IS MOST USUAL. VEINS ARE MINERALIZED FOR 1000 TO 2000 FT IN LENGTH

Comment (Workings): 2000 FT OF TUNNELS AND 250 FT OF CROSSCUTS, ONE 35 DEG INCLINED SHAFT, 30 FT

References

Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 72.

Reference (Deposit): DREWES, HARALD, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED DATA, 1977-1980.

Reference (Deposit): COOPER, J. R., 1960, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-231.

Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.

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