Luck Sure Mine

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

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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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