The Burro Pit is a silica mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,000 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: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Silica
Lat, Long: 32.09444, -110.06333
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Burro Pit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Burro Pit
Secondary: Strong & Harris
Secondary: Chicora Mine
Secondary: Mosely and Sons
Commodity
Primary: Silica
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Cochise District, Johnson Area
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: Strong And Harris, Moseley And Sons
Years: 1973 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1960
Year Last Production: 1970
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: VEINS, FRACTURES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Keystone Fault Nne Is Nearby
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 52.000000+-3.000000
Age Young: Tertiary
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Quartzite
Comments
Comment (Production): 300,000 TONS PRODUCED FROM 1960 TO 1970. ACTIVE IN 1972, (MOSTLY SILICA FLUX)
Comment (Development): 8 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT MINING OPERATION USING A DIESEL SHOVEL (1960)
References
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): LIVINGSTON, MAUGER, BENNETT, AND LAUGHLIN, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Deposit): PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILE.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187, 1973, P 56.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 56.
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