The Howard Mine Group is a gold, lead, silver, and copper mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,001 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: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 32.19861, -109.56500
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Howard Mine Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Howard Mine Group
Secondary: Adriatic
Secondary: Double Springs Atlantic
Secondary: Pacific
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Manganese
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Mascot 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
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: STRINGERS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Rhyolite Slate Contact
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): SW 1/4 SEC 23 UTM EST.
Comment (Production): A FEW HUNDRED TONS OF ORE PRODUCED IN THE LATE 1880'S AND SOME 20 TONS IN 1932.
Comment (Commodity): MINOR BASE METAL SULFIDES
Comment (Deposit): LENSING QUARTZ STRINGERS WITH SULFIDES IN SHEAR ZONES IN CRETACEOUS METAMORPHIC ROCKS.
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW WORKINGS
References
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 62.
Reference (Deposit): DREWES, HARALD, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED DATA, 1977-1980.
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