The First Chance Mine is a lead, gold, and silver mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,299 feet.
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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
Elevation: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 32.19444, -109.56389
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First Chance Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: First Chance Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
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
Owner Name: Bean, Globe Mng And Smltng Co, Equities, Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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
Form: FAULT FISSURE ZONE
Structure
Type: L
Description: Bisbee Group Shale Faulted Against Precambrian Rapakivi Quartz Monzonite Immediately South, Fault Trends E-W
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyrometamorphosed Shale
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN ALONG FAULT IN METAMORPHOSED CRETACEOUS LIMY SHALE.
Comment (Location): NW 1/4 SEC 26 UTM EST.
Comment (Production): SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF ORE PRODUCED IN THE 1880'S AND A FEW TONS IN 1936-1937.
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW PIT AND OPEN CUT WORKINGS.
Comment (Geology): FAULT FISSURE ZONE CUTTING PYROMETAMORPHOSED LIMY SHALE.
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULL 187, P 61.
Reference (Deposit): COOPER, J. R., 1960, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-231.
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.
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