The McKay Mine is a copper mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,951 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: 4,951 Feet (1,509 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 32.11333, -110.05806
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McKay Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: McKay Mine
Secondary: Peoples Party Group
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Cochise 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Warner, A. H.
Home Office: Tucson, Az
Years: 1943 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1915
Discovery Year: 1900
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: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Massive Fracture System, Tert Block Faulting With General Ne Trend
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 53.000000+-
Age Young: Tertiary
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): ABOVE IS DISTRICT DESCRIPTION. THIS DEPOSIT NOT SPECIFICALLY DESCRIBED IN USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 416.
Comment (Location): LOCATED NORTH OF JOHNSON MINE, AT END OF ROAD. LOCATION MEASURED TO CENTER OF SHAFT SYMBOL. A SECOND SHAFT IS LOCATED IMMEDIATELY NORTHWEST OF FIRST ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Development): ALSO OPERATED BY MAQUIRE COPPER CO, 1906-1907, MCKAY MINING COMPANY, 1915
Comment (Workings): 120 FOOT INCLINED SHAFT AND 80 FOOT VERTICAL SHAFT
References
Reference (Deposit): LIVINGSTON, D.E., DAMON, P.E., MAUGER, R.L., BENNETT, R., LAUGHLIN, A.W., 1967 40AR IN COGENETIC FELDSPAR-MICA MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES: JOURNAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, V. 72 P 1362-1375.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 416, P. 152-153
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT 187, P. 57
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
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