The Scanlon Mine is a lead, copper, zinc, and silver mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,800 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Copper, Zinc, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.98806, -109.20167
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Scanlon Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Scanlon Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: California District
Land Status
Not available
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: STRINGERS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Tertiary Volcanic And Intrusive Event Associated With District Mineralization
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Location): SE 1/4 SEC 32, UTM EST
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZED STRINGERS . FOUR OREBODIES PRESENT, 30 FT WIDE VEIN WITH CHALCOPYRITE REPORTED IN 1907
Comment (Workings): 125 FT INCLINE SHAFT, TUNNEL 300 FT LONG
Comment (Geology): LIMESTONE AND QUARTZITE CUT BY INTRUSIVE PORPHYRY DIKES
Comment (Commodity): BASE METAL OXIDES, CARBONATES, AND SULFIDES
Comment (Production): A SMALL TONNAGE PRODUCED IN THE LATE 1890'S
Comment (Development): 12 CLAIMS IN 1907
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 54.
Reference (Deposit): COOPER, 1959, USGS MAP MF-213
Reference (Deposit): COPPER HANDBOOK, W.H. WEED, EDITOR, 1907
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.
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