The Grace Mine is a lead, copper, and silver mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,879 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: 4,879 Feet (1,487 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.9036, -109.12750
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Grace Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Grace Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: California 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
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Workings
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: 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
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Deposit): 110-FT-DEEP SHAFT, 230 FT OF DRIFTING ON 2 LEVELS; ADJACENT ADIT AT LEAST 100 FT LONG. LIMESTONE, SEVERAL FAULTS AND FRACTURE ZONES, SPOTTY GALENA AND SPHALERITE, MINOR MALACHITE. NO PRODUCTION RECORDS, ANY PRODUCTION WOULD HAVE BEEN SMALL. A SELECT SAMPLE FROM DUMP OF SHAFT ASSAYED 2,298 PPM COPPER, 4.5% LEAD, 15.9% ZINC, 110 PPB GOLD, AND 27.2 PPM SILVER. IN 1990 NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION PROPOSED TO DRILL 4 HOLES IN THIS AREA TO AUGMENT A SURFACE MINERAL EXPLORATION PROGRAM FOR A PRECIOUS METALS TARGET. IN 1991 THE COMPANY WITHDREW ITS APPLICATION TO DRILL EXPLORATORY HOLES BECAUSE OF PUBLIC OPPOSITION TO MINING ACTIVITY IN THIS AREA, AND BECAUSE OF A BILL PUT BEFORE CONGRESS TO WITHDRAW APPROX. 13,000 ACRES IN THE CORONADO NATIONAL FOREST FROM MINING AND MINERAL LEASING LAWS.
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH S B 1973 ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 187 P 52
Reference (Deposit): USGS PORTAL QUAD
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, S D 1993 USBM OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 12-93
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