The Columbia Mine is a lead, copper, zinc, and tungsten mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,899 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: 5,899 Feet (1,798 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Copper, Zinc, Tungsten
Lat, Long: 31.945, -109.22694
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Columbia Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Columbia Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Bismuth
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: California District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
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: VEINS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Small Area Of Colina Limestone Faulted Into Place North Of Deposit
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Copper
Ore: Lead
Ore: Bismuth
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Tremolite
Comments
Comment (Location): SE 1/4 SEC 13, UTM EST
Comment (Deposit): ORE IN SHEARED TACTITE AND ALONG FAULTS AND FRACTURES IN SILICATED LIMESTONE.
Comment (Development): 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Workings): ADIT 100 FT LONG, ADIT 160 FT LONG WITH SCHEELITE MINERALIZATION, ADIT 300 FT LONG WITH NO MINERALIZATION FOUND
Comment (Geology): SHEARED TACTITE AND FAULTS AND FRACTURES IN SILICATED LIMESTONE.
Comment (Production): SMALL SHIPMENTS OF ABOUT 50 TONS OF HIGH GRADE, BASE METAL ORE MADE INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1902 TO 1941. SOME TUNGSTEN ORE SHIPPED IN 1953.
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 52.
Reference (Deposit): COOPER, 1956, USGS MAP MF-213
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.
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