The Republic Mine is a copper and zinc mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,850 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: 5,850 Feet (1,783 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Zinc
Lat, Long: 32.09, -110.05972
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Republic Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Republic Mine
Secondary: Republic Copper
Secondary: Johnson Camp
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Tungsten
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Cochise 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: Coronado Copper And Zinc Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1882
Year Last Production: 1952
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: CHIMNEYS & MANTOS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Nnw Tert Block Faulting
Type: L
Description: Garnetite-Marble Contact, Ne Faults, Republic Fault, Shallow Antic Linal Flexures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Garnetized, Silicated, Marmolized
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 53.000000+-
Age Young: Tertiary
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1.5-3% CU, 5-10% ZN, 0.3 OZ/T AG TO 0.1% W (POST-1940)
Analytical Data: 4-4.5% CU, 0.5-0.75% OZ/T AG, UNKNOWN % ZN (PRE-1940)
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Orthoclase
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Workings): DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, STOPES, WINZES, EXTENSIVE SHAFT WORKINGS TO 16 00 LEVEL
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050013 WITH RECORD D000757 OF JAMES ELLIOTT AND JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. THIS RECORD ALSO CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000310 OF ROBERT KING WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Development): OTHER ORE IN MINABLE GRADE DISCOVERED BUT CONSTRUCTION COSTS WERE PROHIBITIVE. FAVORABLE BEDS ON HANGING WALL SIDE OF REPUBLIC FAULT HAVE BEEN THOROUGHLY EXPLORED. PREVIOUS OWNERS/OPERATORS INCLUDE BLACK PRINCE COPPER CO., ARIZONA CONSOLIDATED MINING CO., ARIZONA UNITED MINING CO., ARIZONA UNITED DEVELOPMENT CO.
Comment (Deposit): ANOTHER OREBODY WAS 800 BY 200-400 BY 15-40 FT, PERPENDICULAR TO BEDDING, LOCALIZED ALONG AXIS OF SHALLOW ANTICLINE TRENDING N10W. THE CLEAREST ASSOCIATION OF ORE WITH A FOLD IS WHERE THE MAIN MANTO ORE BODY LIES ALONG AN ANTICLINAL FLEXURE BETWEEN THE 700 AND 1300 LEVELS. THE MAIN MANTO FOLD DIES OUT A SHORT DISTANCE ABOVE THE 700 LEVEL BUT THE ORE BODY CONTINUES WITH THE SAME TREND ALMOST TO THE SURFACE.
Comment (Location): 2 MI NE OF PRIMROSE MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1964
References
Reference (Deposit): COOPER & SILVER, 1964, USGS PP 416
Reference (Deposit): COOPER, 1950, ABM BULL 156
Reference (Reserve-Resource): CREASEY, 1968.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, P. 59; COPPER & SILVER, 1964
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1973, ABM BULL 187
Reference (Deposit): ECON GEOL V. 1, 1906, P. 651-59
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON & TWETO, USGS MAP MR-25
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