The Cave Creek Canyon Mine is a zinc, lead, copper, and silver mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,499 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: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.38611, -110.31806
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Cave Creek Canyon Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cave Creek Canyon Mine
Secondary: Cave
Secondary: Cave Creek
Secondary: Cave Canyon
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Hartford 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
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
Type: L
Description: Faulting
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Copper
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE IN EXOTIC BLOCKS OF LIMESTONE IN TRI-JUR VOLCANICS WHICH ARE BADLY FAULTED AND CUT BY RHYOLITE DIKES. ORE PARTLY OXIDIZED. REPLACEMENT BODIES ARE 2 TO 5 FT WIDE
Comment (Workings): 2 TUNNELS, ONE 20 FT LONG AND ONE 130 FT LONG, TUNNELS BEGIN 40 FT APART, 1942
Comment (Geology): ORE IN EXOTIC BLOCKS OF LIMESTONE IN TRI-JUR VOLCANICS WHICH ARE BADLY FAULTED AND CUT BY RHYOLITE DIKES.
Comment (Location): SW 1/4 SEC 33 UTM EST.
Comment (Production): SOME 565 TONS OF ORE PRODUCED IN 1946-1947.
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED J.W. TURNER AND CAVE MT. MINES CO; 11 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 65.
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA, CAVE CREEK CANYON
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.
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