The Mame Mine is a copper mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,541 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: 4,541 Feet (1,384 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 31.77111, -109.81500
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Mame Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mame Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
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: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Direct Minerals, Inc., James C. Ryan, Jr. Manager
Home Office: 445 Park Ave. N. Y.
Years: 1963 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1909
Year Last Production: 1969
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: LENTICULAR, IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Abrigo Dips 70 Degrees E. Quartz Monzonite Intruded And Metamorphosed Abrigo Limestone
Type: L
Description: Smaller Faults, Post-Enrichment, Are Sw To N-S, Variable Dip
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation Is Spotty
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ABOVE ORIENTATION IS THAT OF BEDDING, WHICH ORE BODIES FOLLOW APPROXIMATELY, ORE BODIES IN A STEEPLY DIPPING BELT OF ABRIGO LIMESTONE INTRUDED AND METAMORPHOSED BY QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS ON 100, 200, AND 300 FOOT LEVELS OTHER ADJOINING SHAFTS INCLUDE THE HUMBOT, 200 FEET DEEP AND THE HIGHLAND, 350 FEET DEEP.
Comment (Geology): NARROW BELT OF CARBONIFEROUS LIMESTONE IS EAST OF SHAFT, BUT THE DEPOSIT AND WORKINGS ARE IN CAMBRIAN LIMESTONE
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION STATISTICS INCLUDE MARY MINE, HIGHLAND SHAFT, AND HUMBOT SHAFT
Comment (Development): MINE OPERATORS INCL. BIG BEAR MNG CO, STILL BROTHERS, AZTEC MINING CO, MINERALS EXPLOR, TOMBSTONE MINES GREAT WESTERN COMPANY. PRECIPITATE WORK, PARAMOUNT MNG. OPERATED MAME IN 1959-1960 1963-1969.
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1927. GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COURTLAND-GLEESON REGION, ARIZONA. ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 123, P. 54-56
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA
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