The April Fool Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,751 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: 4,751 Feet (1,448 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.77361, -109.80778
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April Fool Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: April Fool Mine
Secondary: Calumet & Arizona Mng. Co.
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Turquoise 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
Owner Name: Calumet And Arizona Mng. Co.
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: BLANKET
Structure
Type: R
Description: Overthrust Of Bolsa Quartzite Over Paleozoic Rocks
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS IN FAULTED AND BROKEN THRUST FAULT BRECCIA.
Comment (Location): SW 1/4 SEC. 16. UTM EST.
Comment (Production): A FEW THOUSAND TONS OF ORE PRODUCED PRIOR TO 1911 AND SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS INTERMITTENTLY IN THE 1920'S
Comment (Workings): SHAFT WORKINGS.
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 81.
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, 1927, ABM BULL 123, P. 43-44, 58
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
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