Manila Mine

The Manila Mine is a lead mine located in Cochise county, Arizona.

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

Name: Manila Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Cochise

Elevation:

Commodity: Lead

Lat, Long: 31.55639, -110.44694

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Manila Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Manila Mine
Secondary: Panama
Secondary: Huachuca Queen


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper


Location

State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Hartford District


Land Status

Land ownership: Military Reservation
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

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1924
Year Last Production: 1949
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


Structure

Type: L
Description: Badly Faulted And Folded Sedimentary Formations (Pal-Cret), All Under Overthrust Plane. Thrust Fault Is East Of Deposit


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Other: Quartz


Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Hematite


Comments

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED IN RESERVATION. ABOVE CADASTRAL IS EXTENSION OF SURVEY LINES ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Production): INCOMPLETE PRODUCTION.

Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED LEE REGAN, HUACHUCA QUEEN MINE, LEAD BULLION MINING CO

Comment (Workings): SHORT ADITS,PITS, SHALLOW SHAFTS.

Comment (Deposit): RECORD INFORMATION ALSO SUPPLIED BY ABGMT


References

Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 187, P. 66

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): WILSON, 1951 FROM USGS MIN RES.

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, 1951 ABM BULL. 158

Reference (Deposit): ALEXIS , GO, 1949, PH. D. THESIS.

Reference (Deposit): HAYES & RAUP, 1968, MAP I 509

Reference (Deposit): CREASEY,S.C.,1973


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