The Pittsburgh Shaft is a copper mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,915 feet.
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: 4,915 Feet (1,498 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 32.115, -110.05917
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Pittsburgh Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pittsburgh Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Cochise 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: Mrs. Thomas Adams
Home Office: Dragoon, Az.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Type: R
Description: Tertiary Block Faulting Trending Nw ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N And Nw Trending Folds And Thrust Faulting Overriding To Ne
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 53.000000+-
Age Young: Tertiary
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Commodity): NO ORE PRODUCED, BUT DUMP SHOWS TRACES OF CU MINERALS.
Comment (Production): NO ORE PRODUCED
Comment (Development): THE PITTSBURG CLAIM AND THE TREASURE CLAIM WHICH ADJOINS IT ON THE NORTHWEST WERE PATENTED IN 1917
Comment (Workings): THE PITTSBURG SHAFT IS 1850 FT ESE OF THE PEABODY SHAFT AND HAS ONE CROSSCUT ON 500 FT LEVEL. NO ORE WAS PRODUCED BUT THE DUMP SHOWS TRACES OF COPPER MINERALS
Comment (Geology): LIMESTONE HAS ABUNDANT THIN SHALE BEDS. ; GEOL.DESC: COUNTRY ROCK IS HORQUILLA LIMESTONE WHICH SHOWS ONLY TRACES OF MINERALIZATION.
References
Reference (Deposit): LIVINGSTON, MAUGER, BENNETT, AND LAUGHLIN, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375.
Reference (Deposit): 1907 DIREXPL COCHISE DEVELOPMENT CO., SHAFT SUNK
Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, COOPER AND SILVER, PROF. PAPER 416
Reference (Deposit): COOPER, R.J., AND SILVER, L.T., 1964, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 416 .
Reference (Deposit): COOPER, J.R., 1950, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES, GEOL. SER. 18, BULL. 156.
Reference (Production): COOPER AND SILVER, 1964
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