Fittsburg Prospect

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

Name: Fittsburg Prospect  

State:  Arizona

County:  Cochise

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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