The Gardner Shaft is a zinc, copper, and lead mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,322 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: 5,322 Feet (1,622 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Copper, Lead
Lat, Long: 31.43222, -109.90611
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Gardner Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gardner Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
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: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Phelps Dodge Corp.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
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
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
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Bornite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): NE 1/4 SEC. 16. UTM ACC.
Comment (Production): A MAJOR PRODUCER.
Comment (Development): A MAJOR PRODUCER OF THE PHELPS DODGE TOTAL
Comment (Deposit): LARGELY OXIDIZED COPPER, ZINC, AND LEAD MINERALIZATION IN IRREGULAR CONTACT BRECCIA OREBODIES, BOTH AS DISSEMINATIONS AND IN SMALL MASSIVE BODIES IN LIMESTONES AT THE EDGE OF A GRANITE PORPHYRY STOCK.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT AND MINE HAS BEEN TAKEN UP BY THE GROWING LAVENDER PIT
Comment (Geology): THE ORE IS IN SMALL MASSIVE BODIES AS WELL AS DISSEMINATED
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 87
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
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