The Centurion Mine is a copper mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,734 feet.
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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: 4,734 Feet (1,443 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 32.0525, -110.05000
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Centurion Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Centurion Mine
Secondary: Lady Rose and Alaskite Groups
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
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: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Mrs. S. J. Landfair
Home Office: Dragoon, Az.
Years: 1955 -
Owner Name: Captain Mining Co., Centurion-Arizona Mining Co.
Years: 1944 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1908
Year Last Production: 1944
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
Form: TABULAR VEIN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Tertiary Block Faulting Trending Nw. ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N And Nw Trending Folds And Thrust Faults Overriding To Ne.
Type: L
Description: Centurion Fault N68w 74sw
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation, Silicification
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION APPROX. 1500 TONS AVERAGING 4.3 PCT. CU WITH SMALL AMOUNTS OF AG AND AU (INTERMITTENT FROM 1911 TO 1944)
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Commodity): UNOXIDIZED ORE MAY LIE BELOW WATER TABLE.
Comment (Development): 1944 CAPTAIN MINING CO. CEASED PRODUCTION.
Comment (Deposit): FOLLOWS CENTURION FAULT.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS ON 50,125,225,325,425,525,625 FT LEVELS. TOTAL WORKING LENGTH AND OVERALL LENGTH ESTIMATED FROM MINE MAP
Comment (Geology): PART OF ORE CAME FROM SMALL CONC. ALONG FAULTS AND FISSURES, DETRITUS IN SOLUTION CAVES AND LOCALLY MINERALIZED BEDS. ; GEOL.DESC: NEAR QUARTZ MONZONITE STOCK CONTACT. MINE EXPLORES PART OF CENTURION FAULT (N68W, 74SW). ESCABROSA AND BLACK PRINCE LIMESTONES FAULTED AGAINST PINAL SCHIST. FAULT ZONE IS SHEARED AND SILICIFIED. VEIN MATERIAL IS BRECCIATED AND RECEMENTED. SOME NATURAL SOLUTION CAVES CONTAINED ORE.
References
Reference (Deposit): COOPER, J.R., AND SILVER, L.T., 1964, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 416.
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES.
Reference (Deposit): LIVINGSTON, MAUGER, BENNETT, AND LAUGHLIN, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361,1375.
Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY,COOPER AND SILVER, PROF. PAPER 41
Reference (Production): COOPER AND SILVER, 1964
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