Spray Shaft

The Spray Shaft is a copper mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,420 feet.

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Mine Info

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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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