The Maid of Sunshine Mine is a copper mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,800 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: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 31.77389, -109.80889
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Maid of Sunshine Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Maid of Sunshine Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1913
Year Last Production: 1929
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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 & IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Overthrust Of Bolsa Quartzite Over Paleozoic Rocks. Post Thrust Faults Strike From Ns To Nw-Se And Dip From 50 To 70 Degrees East. They Have Broken The Thrust Plane Into Irregular Steps. Post Thrust Faulting Was Later Than Mineralization
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED CALUMET & ARIZONA, LEADVILLE MINING
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS ADJOIN GERMANIA AND MARY DRIFTS ON 145 FT, 200 FT, 215 FT, 229, FT, 275 FT, AND 311 FT LEVELS. A 150 FT INCLINE TO THE SURFACE ALSO USED.
Comment (Geology): IN SOME AREAS, ABRIGO LIMESTONE UNDERLIES BOLSA QUARTZITE IN THE OVERLYING PLATE. THICKNESS OF OVERTHRUST MATERIAL ABOUT 100 FEET.
Comment (Deposit): AVERAGE OF 15 FEET THICK
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT 187, P. 83
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.P. GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COURTLAND-GLEESON REGION ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 123 P. 43-44, P. 57
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
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