The Irish Mag Shaft is a copper mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,801 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: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 31.43139, -109.90944
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Irish Mag Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Irish Mag Shaft
Secondary: Calumet and Arizona Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Warren 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: Calumet And Arizona Mng. Co. , Lake Superior And W Stern Dev. Co. Phelps Dodge Corp.(19
Years: 1902 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1902
Year Last Production: 1931
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
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: Pre-Mineralization Tilting Common, Pre-Mineralization Faulting
Type: L
Description: Main Fault Directions, N10w To N40e, S30w To N50w, Pre-Mineralization
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Gossan With Mn And Fe Oxides Induced By Hydrothermal Metamorphism
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 170.500000+-7.500000
Age Young: Jurassic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Middle Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION INCLUDED UNDER CALUMET AND ARIZONA IN USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA
Comment (Development): UNDERGROUND MINE MAINLEY WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF THE IRISH MAG CLAIM (1905), OPERATED THROUGH THE IRISH MAG SHAFT, FIRST MINE OF THE CALUMET AND ARIZONA MNG. CO.
Comment (Deposit): PARTLY OXIDIZED COPPER AND MINOR LEAD-ZINC MINERALIZATION, ASSOCIATED WITH STRONG FRACTURING AND FAULTING IN UNALTERED DEVONIAN AND CAMBRIAN LIMESTONES
Comment (Workings): ACTIVE STOPING STARTED IN NOV. 1902, SHAFT WAS STARTED IN NOV. 1900. IN 1929 THE SHAFT HAD 10 LEVELS, THE 750, 850, 950, AND 1050 LEVELS WERE CONNECTED WITH THE SPRAY SHAFT OF THE COPPER QUEEN, ALSO HAD 4 COMPARTMENTS
Comment (Deposit): FIRST CALUMET AND ARIZONA MINE. OTHER SHAFT MINES OWNED BY CALUMET AND ARIZONA, AND ALSO CALLED CALUMET AND ARIZONA MINE WERE BRIGGS, COLE, JUNCTION, OLIVER POWELL AND HOATSON. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
References
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F.L., 1904A, U.S.G.S. P.P. #21, P.111-112
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 187, P. 88
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