The Cobre Loma Pit is a copper mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,840 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: 5,840 Feet (1,780 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 31.8911, -109.96310
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Cobre Loma Pit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cobre Loma Pit
Secondary: Cobre Loma
Secondary: Coronado Nf Dragoon Unit
Commodity
Primary: Copper
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
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Ownership
Owner Name: Cobre Loma Mining Co
Company ID: 201836
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Arizona
Info Year: 1978
Production
Year: 1920
Description: Last Year For Production In Record 001
Year: 1915
Description: Copper Ore 4500 Mt
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1915
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): THE COMMONWEALTH MILL (MINE ID 201873) WAS REPORTEDLY ON THE SAME SITE; NO REMAINS OF A MILL WERE NOTED FROM FIELD WORK.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION YEARS OF 1915-1920 GIVEN IN MILS AND PRODUCTION TABLES ARE APPROXIMATE.
Comment (Workings): BAD GROUND AND WET CONDITIONS IN ADIT POSE HUMAN HAZARD.
References
Reference (Deposit): INNES, D. G. AND ASSOC, LTD., 1982, UNPUB. GEOL. REPORT ON
Reference (Deposit): MIDDLEMARCH PROPERTY, PART OF ADMMR FILES, P. 2.
Reference (Deposit): MAHONEY, C. G., 1942, USBM, UNPUB. WAR MINERALS MEMO ON
Reference (Deposit): MIDDLEMARCH COPPER MINE, P. 4.
Reference (Deposit): CHATMAN, M. L., 1993, USBM OFR MLA 30-93, P. 23-24, D79.
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