The Tom Scott Mine is a copper 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
Lat, Long: 31.73778, -109.82083
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Tom Scott Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tom Scott Mine
Secondary: Mason
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Molybdenum
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
Owner Name: Tejon Mine Leasing And Development Co.
Production
Year: 1954
Time Period: Wwi-1954
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^20 Oz/T Ag, 7.5% Pb, 3.5% Cu, $2.25/T Au (Wwi)
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1907
Year Last Production: 1954
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: In Limestone Near Quartz Monzonite Contact. Beds 10w, 45e
Type: L
Description: Nnw Trending Gleeson Ridge Overthrust, Bedding Plane Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Aurichalcite
Ore: Melaconite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Calamine
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Kaolin
Gangue: Aragonite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Limonite
Unknown: Pyrolusite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Production): A FEW THOUSAND TONS OF ORE PRODUCED IN 1880'S-1890'S
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED TEJON CO., IGNACIO VALDEZ, CONCEPTION QUIRO
Comment (Deposit): BODIES LARGEST WHERE TWO OR MORE FAULTS AND FRACTURES INTERSECT
Comment (Workings): DEPTH IS DEPTH OF SHAFT DRIVEN FROM TUNNEL. TUNNEL IS 1000 FEET LONG IN A NE DIRECTION. A 400 FOOT RAISE A 330 FOOT WINZE LEAD FROM THE TUNNEL
Comment (Geology): YELLOW AND BROWN IRON OXIDES AND BLACK MANGANESE OXIDES PRESENT IN SOME CASES, SURFACE WATERS HAVE CARVED IRREGULAR CAVES UP TO 10 FEET ACROSS, WITH A POORLY CONSOLIDATED FILLING CONTAINING SOME ORE.
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, 1927, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COURTLAND-GLARSON REGION. ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 123, P. 73
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT 187, P. 84.
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, P. 84
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