Commonwealth Mine

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

Name: Commonwealth Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Cochise

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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