The Dragoon Zinc-Lead Mine is a lead mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,440 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: 5,440 Feet (1,658 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 31.9761, -110.01030
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Dragoon Zinc-Lead Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dragoon Zinc-Lead Mine
Secondary: Coronado Nf Dragoon Unit
Secondary: Rainbow
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Middle Pass 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
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Flora Hubbard
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Arizona
Info Year: 1980
Production
Year: 1914
Description: Lead-Zinc Ore 27 Mt
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1913
Discovery Year: 1911
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): PATENT EXTENDS INTO SW SEC. 4.
References
Reference (Deposit): VOELZEL, C. W., 1942, UNPUB. USBM REPORT FILE NO 464.2/1518
Reference (Deposit): ON DRAGOON ZINC RECON.
Reference (Deposit): HUBBARD, J. R., NO DATE, THE DRAGOON LEAD-ZINC MINE, UNPUB.
Reference (Deposit): REPORT OF PATENT OWNER, 4 P.
Reference (Deposit): CHATMAN, M. L., 1993, USBM OFR MLA 30-93, P. 38, D26-28.
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