The Tejon Mine is a copper mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,800 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: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 31.73806, -109.82556
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Tejon Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tejon Mine
Secondary: El Tejon
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Turquoise 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: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Shannon Mining Co., Subsidiary Of Illinois Zinc And Hydro Metals Corp.
Home Office: Tombstone, AZ
Years: 1957 -
Owner Name: Mine Operators Included Marchello And Asarco, 1952, Tejon Mine Leasing And Development Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
Year Last Production: 1956
Discovery Year: 1876
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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, LENSING
Structure
Type: R
Description: Limestone Thrusted Over Rhyolite, Fault Dips 40 Degrees W. Limestone Dips 45 Degrees E
Type: L
Description: One Fault N-S, 65 Se, Others E-W With Steep Dips
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation In Upper 100 Feet
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Development): UPPER OXIDIZED ORE MINED OUT BY 1900. 4 PATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Deposit): 4 PATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Workings): FIVE LEVELS ON DEEP SHAFT
Comment (Geology): SOME OF THE ORE BODIES ARE MAINLY WITHIN THE QUARTZ MONZONITE, AT THE CONTACT, MOST ARE IN LIMESTONE
Comment (Deposit): TOM SCOTT TUNNEL & MINE ARE APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET SE OF THE TEJON ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT 187, P. 84
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1927. GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COURTLAND-GLEESON REGION, ARIZONA. ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 123, P. 72.
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