The Easter Sunday Mine is a silica, gold, and silver mine located in Cochise county, Arizona.
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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Easter Sunday Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Easter Sunday Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silica
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Gold Hill 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Quartzite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Production): AU-AG FLUX PRODUCED.
Comment (Location): W. CENTRAL SEC. 17. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
Comment (Deposit): FREE GOLD, AURIFEROUS PYRITE, AND CALCITE IN A FRACTURED QUARTZITE BED.
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL A FEW HUNDRED FT IN LENGTH
References
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 86.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 21, 1904, P.119
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Deposit): PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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