The Denn Mine is a copper, lead, and zinc mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,059 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,059 Feet (1,542 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 31.43056, -109.88722
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Denn Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Denn Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Bismuth
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Phelps Dodge Corp.
Years: 1973 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1909
Year Last Production: 1973
Discovery Year: 1905
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, PIPE-LIKE
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
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): ORE BODIES FOUND IN A WIDE RANGE OF PALEOZOIC LIMESTONES, BUT MAINLY IN THE MARTIN AND ESCABROSA FORMATIONS.
Comment (Development): PREVIOUS OPERATORS: DENN - ARIZONA COPPER CO., SHATTUCK - DENN MNG. CO.
Comment (Deposit): COPPER CARBONATES, OXIDES, AND SULFIDES WITH SOME AREAS OF LEAD-ZINC MINERALIZATION IN A WIDE RANGE OF PALEOZOIC LIMESTONES ALONG THE DIVIDEND FAULT AND CLOSE TO THE GRANITIC PORPHYRY STOCK. MINERALIZED BODIES ARE IRREGULAR, OFTEN PIPELIKE, REPLACEMENT BODIES.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT WORKINGS.
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 86.
Reference (Deposit): COOPER, 1962, USGS MAP MR-22.
Reference (Deposit): SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATS BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
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