Rocky Bar Mine

The Rocky Bar Mine is a manganese, copper, silver, gold, and lead mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,590 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Rocky Bar Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Cochise

Elevation: 4,590 Feet (1,399 Meters)

Commodity: Manganese, Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead

Lat, Long: 31.6875, -110.08972

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Rocky Bar Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Rocky Bar Mine


Commodity

Primary: Manganese
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead


Location

State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Tombstone 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

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
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 PODS AND LENSES


Structure

Type: L
Description: Complex Faulting At West End Of E-W Trending Prompter Fault System


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Geology): MANGANESE-SILVER MINERALIZATION APPARENTLY WAS LATEST MINERALIZATION IN DISTRICT

Comment (Location): SW 1/4 SEC. 15. UTM EST.

Comment (Production): A FEW HUNDRED TONS OF ORE PRODUCED IN THE 1880'S

Comment (Deposit): ORE ALONG PROMPTER FAULT SYSTEM WHERE "NORTHEAST" FISSURES BUT LIMESTONE.

Comment (Workings): SHAFT AND ADIT WORKINGS.


References

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 78.

Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 143, 1938, P. 48

Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.


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