Stout Mine

The Stout Mine is a copper mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,902 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Stout Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite

Location

State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Juniper Flats 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: Ruiz, Jose
Years: 1946 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1940
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

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT

Comment (Geology): SEE JUNIPER FLATS FOR MINE WITH SIMILAR GEOLOGIC SETTING. THIS MINE NOT MENTIONED SPECIFICALLY IN LITERATURE

References

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT 187, P. 88.

Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

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