The Rabbit Claim Group is a copper and silver mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,301 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: 4,301 Feet (1,311 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 32.12583, -109.26806
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Rabbit Claim Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rabbit Claim Group
Secondary: Dunn Springs
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: California 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: Providence Copper Co
Owner Name: Dunn Springs
Years: 1973 -
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
Type: R
Description: Tertiary Volcanic And Intrusive Event Associated With District Mineralization
Type: L
Description: E-W Trending Thrust Fault Separates Naco Group Limestone To South And Bisbee Group To North. Other E-W Thrusts Are Present On Dunn Springs Mtn
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Weakly Oxidized Copper Mineralization
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Development): 8 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, 1912-1913
Comment (Workings): 24 TRENCHES, SHAFTS, AND PITS, INCLUDING A 100 FT SHAFT AND A 40 FT SHAFT
Comment (Location): CENTER SEC 14, UTM EST
Comment (Production): SOME MINOR PRODUCTION IN THE LATE 1800'S AND EARLY 1900'S.
Comment (Deposit): SPOTTY COPPER OXIDE MINERALS IN PERMIAN LIMESTONE AND CRETACEOUS QUARTZITE CUT BY TERTIARY DIKES.
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 54.
Reference (Deposit): SABINS, 1958, GSA BULL, V. 68, P. 1315
Reference (Deposit): COPPER HANDBOOK, V. 11, 1912-1913, W.H. WEED, EDITOR, P. 725
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.
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