The Loma Linda Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,801 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: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.88667, -109.96000
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Loma Linda Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Loma Linda Mine
Secondary: Loma Linda Pit
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Middle Pass District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: 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: N-W Trending Thrust Faults, Cobre Loma W Of Mine, Scorpion East Of Mine
Type: L
Description: Nw Trending Rhyolite Dike. Overturned Cret Beds Dip Sw S Of Mine Upright Cret Beds Dip Sw N Of Mine
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: Late Cretaceous
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION MAY BE INCLUDED WITH 1979 TAILING TOTAL FOR CHRISTMAS MINE, MIDDLE PASS DISTRICT, IN ABGMT-USBM FILE
Comment (Workings): PIT WORKINGS, AND ONE ADIT
Comment (Deposit): RECENTLY DEVELOPED. LOCATED AS A PROSPECT ON 1958 TOPOGRAPHIC MAP ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): SOUSA, R.X., 1980, GEOLOGY OF THE MIDDLE MARCH MINE AND VICINITY, CENTRAL DRAGOON MOUNTAINS, COCHISE COUNTY, AZ, MS THESIS, UNIV OF AZ
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