Muso Mine

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

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Muso Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Cochise

Elevation: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 31.77111, -109.81500

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Muso Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Muso Mine
Secondary: Musso


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold


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: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Hope Mining And Milling Co.
Years: 1956 -

Owner Name: Big Bear Mining Co., Denver, 1956, Odell Still, Sublessee, Leadville Mng. Co.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
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: LENTICULAR


Structure

Type: L
Description: Smaller Faults, Post-Enrichment, Are Sw To N-S, Variable Dip


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation Is Spotty


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION INCLUDED UNDER MAME MINE

Comment (Development): OVER 12,000 TONS OF ORE PRODUCED FROM 1917 TO 1924.

Comment (Workings): 150 FEET OF DRIFTING REPORTED BY WILSON, 1927.


References

Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D. GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COURTLAND-GLEESON REGION ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 123. P 61.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA


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