The Gleeson Mine is a copper, silver, and gold mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,098 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: 5,098 Feet (1,554 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 31.7375, -109.82139
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Gleeson Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gleeson Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Semiprecious Gemstone
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Turquoise District, Courtland-Gleeson 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: Costello
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: BEDS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Limestone Thrusted Over Rhyolite, Fault Dips 40w, Limestone Dips 45e
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Rosasite
Ore: Aurichalcite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Location): CENTER SEC. 32. UTM EST.
Comment (Commodity): THIS MINE HAS PRODUCED BEAUTIFUL WULFENITE CRYSTALS FROM BUTTERSCOTCH TO YELLOW IN COLOR AND CLEAR TO CLOUDY.
Comment (Production): ABOUT 500 TONS OF ORE PRODUCED IN EARLY 1900'S.
Comment (Deposit): COPPER CARBONATES WITH MINOR SULFIDE IN REPLACEMENTS OF BEDS OF CARBONIFEROUS LIMESTONE.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT AND SURFACE WORKINGS.
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 82.
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 123, 1927
Reference (Deposit): BLAIR, GERRY, 1992, THE ROCKHOUND'S GUIDE TO ARIZONA: HELENA, MONTANA, FALCON PRESS, 165 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
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