Cave Creek Canyon Mine

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.

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

Name: Cave Creek Canyon Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Cochise

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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