Rabbit Claim Group

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

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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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