Tejon Mine

The Tejon Mine is a copper mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,800 feet.

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Mine Info

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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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