The Clair Group Mines is a copper and lead mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,951 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: 5,951 Feet (1,814 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Lead
Lat, Long: 32.08139, -109.34000
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Clair Group Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Clair Group Mines
Secondary: Empire State Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: California District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Owner Name: Lone Butte Mining Co, Pawnee Mining Co, Big Springs Mining Co
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: VEIN
Structure
Type: L
Description: Shear Zone In Faulted Limestone Intruded By Dikes And Plugs.Silicic Dikes And Intrusive Rock Is Mapped S Of Naco Group In Mine Area
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Production): A FEW TENS OF TONS OF ORE SHIPPED IN 1909 AND 1910.
Comment (Development): VARIOUSLY REPORTED AS 7 TO 11 CLAIMS, 1912
Comment (Deposit): ORE IN SHEAR ZONE IN FAULTED LIMESTONE INTRUDED BY DIKES AND PLUGS.
Comment (Workings): 165 FT TUNNEL IN 1912
References
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.
Reference (Deposit): COPPER HANDBOOK, V. 11, 1912-1913, W.H. WEED, EDITOR
Reference (Deposit): SABINS, 1957, GSA BULL, V. 68, P. 1315
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S B; 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 51.
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