The Toughnut Mine is a silver, copper, lead, and zinc mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,573 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: 4,573 Feet (1,394 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 31.7, -110.06667
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Toughnut Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Toughnut Mine
Secondary: Tombstone Group
Secondary: Northwest
Secondary: Hoodoo Stopes
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Vanadium
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
Type: Underground
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: 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
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Form: PIPES
Structure
Type: L
Description: In Tombstone Basin, N Trending Dikes, Ne Fissures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limestone Is Recrystallized
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Stromeyerite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Jarosite
Ore: Copper
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Cuprite
Gangue: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Production): SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS PRODUCED IN LATE 1800'S AND EARLY 1900'S. AFTER 1883 PRODUCTION IS INCLUDED UNDER GOODENOUGH AND TOMBSTONE GROUP IN ABGMT-USBM DATA
Comment (Deposit): RECORD # D000110 BY RICHARD P. FISCHER HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS ONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Development): ONE OF TOMBSTONE'S FIRST MINES, INCLUDED IN TOMBSTONE GROUP, ADJOINS EMPIRE SHAFT
Comment (Deposit): OXIDIZED, BASE METAL SULFIDES IN REPLACEMENT OREBODI ES IN LOWER SECTION OF CRETACEOUS BEDS ALONG ANTICLINAL ROLLS AND IN PIPES WHERE ROLLS ARE CUT BY "NORTHEAST" FISSURES.
Comment (Workings): WORKING DIMENSIONS INCLUDE EMPIRE, AND ADJOINING SHAFT. ALSO ADJOINS WEST SIDE, DEFENSE
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: LOWER MEMBER OF BISBEE FM IS "NOVACULITE "OF BUTLER"
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
References
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, ETAL, 1938, ABM BULL. 143
Reference (Deposit): GILULLY, 1956: USGS PP 281
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S.; WILSON, E.D.; RASOR, C.A.; 1938, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 143, PL. 3,4.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 710, 1920, PL. 5. KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 79.
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
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