The Commonwealth Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,580 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
Elevation: 4,580 Feet (1,396 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.9006, -109.81560
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Commonwealth Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Commonwealth Mine
Secondary: Commonwealth Project
Secondary: Commonwealth Extension
Secondary: Silver Ware
Secondary: Pearce
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Pearce
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: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Gourmet Chief, Inc.
Info Year: 1975
Owner Name: C. O. R. Ford Corp.
Info Year: 1979
Owner Name: Western States Minerals Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1996
Production
Year: 1942
Time Period: 1895-1942
Description: 1895-1942 - >1,000,000 Tr Oz Ag Produced
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Heap Leach-Electrowin
Year First Production: 1895
Discovery Year: 1895
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Argentite
Unknown: Chalcocite
Unknown: Wulfenite
Unknown: Tetrahedrite
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Proustite
Unknown: Molybdenite
Unknown: Iodyrite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Embolite
Unknown: Chrysocolla
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Cerargyrite
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PROPERTY IS ALSO LISTED UNDER USGS MRDS ID NO. M241066
Comment (Geology): SILVER AND GOLD HALIDES AND MINOR SULFO-SALTS ARE ALSO PRESENT ALONG WITH SOME MANGANESE IN QUARTZ-CALCITE FISSURE VEINS IN SILICIFIED TERT. RHYOLITE AND ANDESITE.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): IT IS PROBABLE THAT A LARGER RESOURCE EXISTS AT GREATER DEPTH, BUT HAS NOT BEEN PROVEN. RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY 1996/97, P.133. CALCULATED GEOLOGIC RESOURCE 1991: 8.4 MILLION TONS @ 0.042 OZ AU/TON. CALCULATED METAL RESERVES: 353,000 OZ AU.
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH S B 1973 ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 187 P 69
Reference (Deposit): ATLAS CORPORATION NEWS RELEASE, 9-7-95.
Reference (Deposit): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, P133.
Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN MINING HANDBOOK, 1996, P242, 1997, P277.
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