April Fool Mine

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

Name: April Fool Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Cochise

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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