The Campbell Mine is a copper mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,098 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: 5,098 Feet (1,554 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 31.42444, -109.89472
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Campbell Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Campbell Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Manganese
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Warren 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: LENS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Pre-Mineralization Faulting And Tilting Common
Type: L
Description: Main Fault Directions, N10w To N40e, S30w To N50w, Pre Mineraliztion
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Gossan With Mn And Fe Oxides Induced By Hydrothermal Metamorphism
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 170.500000+-7.500000
Age Young: Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Copper
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Mimetite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Enargite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hematite
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Production): PROBABLY PRODUCED SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND TONS OF ORE; INCLUDED UNDER COPPER QUEEN IN ABGMT-USBM FILE
Comment (Development): PREVIOUS OPERATORS INCLUDE CALUMET & ARIZONA MINING CO, PHELPS DODGE
Comment (Workings): SHAFT
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHWARTZ, G.M., AND PARK, C.F., JR. 1932. A MICROSCOPIC STUDY OF ORES FROM THE CAMPBELL MINE, BISBEE, ARIZONA. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 27, NO. 1, P.P. 39-51.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1973, ABM BULL 187, P. 85
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