The Luck Sure Mine is a silver, manganese, gold, and lead mine located in Cochise county, Arizona.
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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: Silver, Manganese, Gold, Lead
Lat, Long: 31.69694, -110.07500
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Luck Sure Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Luck Sure Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Manganese
Primary: Gold
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Tombstone Mill And Mining Co., Tombstone Consolidated Mines Co., Bunker Hill Mines Co., Tombstone De
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Lucky Cuss Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Lead
Comments
Comment (Production): SOME PRODUCTION INCLUDED UNDER TOMBSTONE GROUP
Comment (Development): PRODUCED FROM 1905 TO 1918 UNDER NAME LUCK SURE. OPERATORS INCLUDED HARRY MARCIA, OLD GLORY MINING CO., BUNKER HILLS MINING CO., TOMBSTONE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY. SMELTER FLUX PRODUCED FROM 1881 TO 1884.
Comment (Location): SOUTH OF ADJOINING LUCKY CUSS MINE, NW/4 SEC 14. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Deposit): OXIDIZED PIPE AND CHIMNEY OREBODIES OF MANGANIFEROUSSILVER ALONG "NORTHEAST" FISSURE ZONES IN LIMESTONE NEAR INTERSECTIONS WITH THE LUCKY CUSS FAULT.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT AND ADIT WORKINGS
Comment (Geology): ORE ALONG "NORTHEAST" FISSURE ZONES IN LIMESTONE NEAR INTERSECTION WITH THE LUCKY CUSS FAULT.
Comment (Deposit): PRESUMABLY ORE CARRIED SOME MANGANESE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): ARIZZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 143, PL 3, 4.
Reference (Deposit): USGS TOPOGRAPHIC MAP TOMBSTONE AND CINITY, ARIZ. 1907.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 710, 1920, P. 113, PL. 5.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 77.
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
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