The Shannon Mine is a copper mine located in Greenlee county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,627 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: 5,627 Feet (1,715 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 33.11944, -109.36000
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Shannon Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Shannon Mine
Secondary: Shannon Mtn. Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Garnet
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Arizona
County: Greenlee
District: Copper Mountain 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: Phelps Dodge Corp., Morenci Branch
Years: 1952 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1902
Year Last Production: 1918
Discovery Year: 1875
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: Ne Trending Porphyry Dikes, Prominent Fault On N Side Of Shannon Mountain
Type: L
Description: Extensive Fracturing Of Sediments Due To Porphyry Intrusions And Faulting
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Some Of Largest Ore Bodies Were Originally Calcareous Sediments Altered Through Leaching And Oxidation, Vertical Extent Unknown
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 55.200000+-1.700000
Age Young: Tertiary
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Brochantite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Cuprite
Gangue: Asbestos
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Tremolite
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Kaolin
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyroxene
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S
Comment (Deposit): DEPTH TO BOTTOM AND MAXIMUM THICKNESS GIVEN AS DIMENSIONS OF MODOC AND LONGFELLOW SEQUENCES IN WHICH ALL DEPOSITS ARE CONTAINED; MAXIMUM LENGTH ESTIMATED FROM SHANNON MINE VERTICAL SECTION (LINDGREN 1905) STRIKE AND DIP GIVEN FOR ONE OF FIVE ORE BODIES (BLACK HAWK ORE BODY); 34 CLAIMS TOTALLING 562 ACRES.
Comment (Commodity): NOT LISTED IN PRODUCTION STATISTICS: ZN, MN, FE.
Comment (Location): RISES 1200 FT ABOVE EAST SIDE OF CHASE CREEK AT METCALF; CLAIMS ARE CONTIGUOUS AND COVER SOUTHERN SLOPES OF SHANNON MOUNTAIN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED SHANNON COPPER CO, ARIZONA COPPER CO.
Comment (Workings): DIMENSIONS MEASURED ON UNDERGROUND WORKINGS MAP AND VERTICAL SECTION OF SHANNON MINE (LINDGREN 1905)
Comment (Geology): COPPER ORES FOUND IN GRANITE PORPHYRY AND SEDIMENTARY SERIES BUT RARELY IN GRANITE COUNTRY ROCK; LARGE ORE BODIES USUALLY SEPARATED INDEFINITELY AND IRREGULARLY FROM SURROUNDING ROCKS; REPLACEMENT OF LIMESTONE THROUGH METASOMATIC ACTIVITY MOST EVIDENT IN MODOC LIMESTONE WHERE LARGEST ORE BODY OCCURS. SOME OF THE LIMESTONE HAS BEEN PARTIALLY ALTERED.
Comment (Deposit): COPPER ORES CHIEFLY OCCUR ON RIDGE BETWEEN CHASE CREEK AND KING GULCH, AND ON SHANNON MOUNTAIN ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., 1905, THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE CLIFTON-MORENCI DISTRICT, ARIZONA, USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 43
Reference (Deposit): BLM DISTRICT MAP 840
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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