The San Jose Prospects is a silver, copper, lead, and zinc 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
Elevation:
Commodity: Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 32.14306, -110.24389
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San Jose Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: San Jose Prospects
Secondary: Gold Mine Ridge
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Yellowstone District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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: Past Producer
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
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): SE 1/4 SEC. 12. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Production): SOME SCATTERED TEST LOTS PRODUCED IN THE LATE 1920'S AND EARLY 1930'S.
Comment (Deposit): NARROW, IRON OXIDE AND QUARTZ VEINS, WITH WEAKAND SPOTTY COPPER OXIDES AND CARBONATES, AND MINOR CHALCOPYRITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE, AND PYRITE, CUTTING GRANODIORITE AND A THRUST PLANE ZONE.
Comment (Workings): PROSPECTS
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH,S.B.1973, COCHISE COUNTY: ABM BULL 187
Reference (Deposit): COOPER & SILVER, 1964, DRAGOON QUAD; USGS P.P. 416
Reference (Deposit): SILVER AND DEUTSCH, 1963, ANNALS N.Y. ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, V. 91, P. 271-183
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
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