The Spray Shaft is a copper mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,420 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: 5,420 Feet (1,652 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 31.43361, -109.91083
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Spray Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Spray Shaft
Secondary: Silver Spray
Secondary: Spray Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Warren 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Phelps Dodge Corp.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
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: Pre-Mineralization Faulting And Tilting Common
Type: L
Description: Main Fault Directions, N10w To N40e, S30w To N50w, Pre-Mineralization
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Gossan With Mn And Fe Oxides Induced By Hydrothermal Metamorphism
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 170.500000+-7.500000
Age Young: Jurassic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Anglesite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): N CENTER SEC. 16. UTM ACC.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION INCLUDED UNDER THE COPPER QUEEN BRANCH OF PHELPS DODGE IN USBM-ABGMT FILE
Comment (Development): THE SPRAY SHAFT IS ONE OF THE MAIN SHAFTS OF THE COPPER QUEEN
Comment (Deposit): MOSTLY OXIDIZED COPPER WITH MINOR LEAD-ZINC MINERALIZATION IN BOTH METAMORPHASED AND RELATIVELY UNALTERED LIMESTONE.
Comment (Workings): THE SHAFT HAS EIGHT LEVELS AND IS CONNECTED TO THE OTHER MAIN SHAFTS OF THE COPPER QUEEN. THE SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH LEVELS ARE THE SAME AS THE CORRESPONDING HOLBROOK SHAFT LEVELS
Comment (Deposit): ONE OF EARLY MINES OF DISTRICT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 89
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
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