The Alkie Mine is a lead, copper, and silver mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,140 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,140 Feet (1,262 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.63111, -110.15111
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Alkie Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Alkie Mine
Secondary: Escapule Operator
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Tombstone District
Land Status
Land ownership: Military Reservation
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: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1938
Year Last Production: 1954
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Location): SW 1/4 SEC 6
Comment (Production): ABOUT 10 TONS OF ORE PRODUCED DURING 1938 AND 1951 TO 1952.
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED J.I. ESCARCOGA, K.B. ESCAPULE
Comment (Workings): SHAFT AND SURFACE WORKINGS.
Comment (Deposit): RELATIVELY WEAK SULFIDE MINERALIZATION ALONG FRACTURES IN TERT ANDESITE VOLCANICS. 16-18 INCH WIDE REPLACEMENT BODIES ON ANDESITE-RHYOLITE CONTACT
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 73.
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 143, 1938
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.
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