The Fittsburg Prospect is a gold and silver mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,600 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
Elevation: 4,600 Feet (1,402 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.89639, -109.83278
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Fittsburg Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fittsburg Prospect
Secondary: Six Mile Hill Mine Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Pearce District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
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: R
Description: Flows Dip 30-40ne, Strike Nw; N-S Faults Present, Probably Pre-Mineralization
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SILVER AND GOLD HALIDES IN IRREGULAR, NARROW STRINGERS IN FRACTURED RHYOLITE.
Comment (Production): A FEW TONS OF ORE PRODUCED ABOUT 1895-1896.
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW WORKINGS.
Comment (Location): SE 1/4 SEC 6. UTM EST ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 70.
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, 1927, GEOLOGY OF THE COMMONWEALTH MINE AREA, UNIV OF ARIZ PHD THESIS
Reference (Production): KEITH, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.
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