The Mary 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: 31.77194, -109.80667
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Mary Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mary Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Semiprecious Gemstone
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Great Western Copper Co., Hope Mng. And Milng. Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1908
Discovery Year: 1908
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
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: Silver
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR COURTLAND. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FOR MARY IS INCLUDED WITH THE MAME MINE, NOT REPORTED SEPARATELY
Comment (Deposit): AVERAGE OF 15 FEET THICK ORE BODIES. MINERALIZATION PINCHED OUT AT DEPTH.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS ADJOIN GERMANIA AND MAID OF SUNSHINE LENGTH OF WORKINGS APPROXIMATE.
Comment (Development): ACTIVE BETWEEN EARLY 1900'S TO 1913 AND 1925 THRU 1929. SHAFT CLOSED DOWN IN 1913.
Comment (Geology): IN SOME AREAS, ABRIGO LIMESTONE UNDERLIES BOLSA QUARTZITE IN THE OVERLYING PLATE. THICKNESS OF OVERTHRUST MATERIAL ABOUT 100 FEET.
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT, P. 88.
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1927. GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COURTLAND-GLEESON REGION ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 123. P. 43-44, P. 54.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): BLAIR, GERRY, 1992, THE ROCKHOUND'S GUIDE TO ARIZONA: HELENA, MONTANA, FALCON PRESS, 165 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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