The Coronado Nf Dragoon Unit is a copper, zinc, and silver mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,001 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: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Zinc, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.8597, -109.94500
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Coronado Nf Dragoon Unit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Coronado Nf Dragoon Unit
Secondary: Festerling Mine
Secondary: Cora Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Antunez, Alejo And Juan
Home Office: Arizona
Info Year: 1958
Owner Name: Ed Festerling
Home Office: Arizona
Info Year: 1958
Production
Year: 1947
Description: Zinc-Silver Ore 2 1
Year: 1940
Description: Zinc-Silver Ore 5 1
Year: 1939
Description: Zinc-Silver Ore 10 1
Year: 1937
Description: Zinc-Silver Ore 9 1
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1937
Discovery Year: 1937
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 (Deposit): OPEN SHAFTS POSE SOME HUMAN HAZARD.
References
Reference (Deposit): CHATMAN, M. L., 1993, USBM OFR MLA 30-93, P. 35, D109-110.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, A. L., 1958, ADMMR FIELD ENGINEERS REPORT ON CORA
Reference (Deposit): MINE, P. 1.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S. B., 1973, ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 187, P. 68.
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