The Eagle Roost Mine is a manganese and silver mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,951 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: 4,951 Feet (1,509 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.68361, -110.07306
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Eagle Roost Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Eagle Roost Mine
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Tombstone 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: Joe M. Escapule
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
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: In Ajax Hill Horst Area, W Of Small E-W Faults On Military Hill
Type: L
Description: Fissure Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): NE 1/4 SEC 23. UTM EST
Comment (Workings): ADIT 200 FT LONG, 25 FT WINZE
Comment (Geology): MANGANESE MINERALIZATION OCCURRED AFTER MAIN IRON-LEAD-ZINC PHASE IN REST OF DISTRICT
Comment (Production): A SMALL TONNAGE PRODUCED PRIOR TO 1957.
Comment (Development): 1 UNPATENTED CLAIM
Comment (Deposit): MANGANIFEROUS SILVER ORE IN LENSES AND IRREGULAR BUNCHES ALONG A FISSURE ZONE IN 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 75.
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 143, 1938
Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 7990, P. 35-36
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