The Miller Canyon Prospect is a lead and copper 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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Miller Canyon Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Miller Canyon Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Hartford District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Coronado National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Skarn
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SEE ARMISTICE MINE FOR DESCRIPTION OF CLOSEST PRODUCER ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Deposit): SCARN DEVEL. ALONG A FRACTURES IN LS. LATER REOPENED & SULFIDES INTRODUCED. THE CU IS ONLY IN MALACHITE; THE CPY IS PRESUMPTION. THE SULFIDE ARE SO FINE GRAINED.I CAN'T BE CERTAIN OF SPH.THE ENTIRE VEIN & ALT. ENVELOPE IS NOT OVER 5' THICK - STRICTLY A PROSPECT.
References
Reference (Deposit): CREASY, C.S., 1973, FIELD EXAM
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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