The Senecia Mine is a zinc mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,518 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: 5,518 Feet (1,682 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc
Lat, Long: 31.9675, -109.98472
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Senecia Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Senecia Mine
Secondary: Lewis Group
Secondary: Senika
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Cadmium
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Middle Pass 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
Owner Name: Leroy Mines Co
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1942
Year Last Production: 1943
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: Complex Tertiary Faulting Of Paleozoic And Cretaceous Sediments, Tertiary Intrusives
Type: L
Description: Closely Folded Rocks, Thrusts, Deep Reverse Faults With Superimposed Oligocene Metamorphism
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Metamorphosed Limestone
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Production): ABOUT 248 TONS OF ORE SHIPPED IN 1942-1943.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT AND ADIT WORKINGS
Comment (Location): SE 1/4 SEC 10 UTM EST.
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED SKINNER & LEWIS
Comment (Deposit): ORE MASSES IN BRECCIATED WALL ROCK IN A GENERALLY THIN, WEAKLY MINERALIZED VEIN STRUCTURE IN METAMORPHOSED LIMESTONE.
References
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 64
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