The Chiricahua Mine is a mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,181 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: 6,181 Feet (1,884 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 31.9536, -109.24830
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Chiricahua Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Chiricahua Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
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: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-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): REPORTED 480 FT DEEP SHAFT WITH SEVERAL LEVELS OF WORKINGS, NOW CAVED AND A GLORY HOLE ABOUT 50 FT ACROSS, 30 FT DEEP. SHAFT COLLAR ON OR ADJACENT TO CONTACT BETWEEN LIMESTONE AND GRANITIC ROCK, NO ORE MINERALS SEEN ON DUMP, SHAFT REPORTEDLY SUNK ON WEAK COPPER MINERALIZATION. OLD FOUNDATION OF A MILL NEARBY. ABOUT 200 FT NORTH OF THE SHAFT IS A STRAIGHT ADIT THAT IS CAVED AT 490 FT FROM PORTAL. ADIT IN LIMESTONE WITH MINOR MALACHITE STAINS. UNLIKELY ANY PRODUCTION FROM THESE WORKINGS BECAUSE OF LACK OF MINERALS IN PLACE OR ON DUMP. ABOUT 900 FT NORTHWEST OF THE CHIRICAHUA MINE IS A 20-FT-LONG ADIT AND A SMALL PROSPECT PIT. THE ADIT IS IN A ZONE OF ALTERED, BRECCIATED, IRON-STAINED LIMESTONE WITH A TACTITE ZONE NEAR THE PORTAL. A SAMPLE FROM THE TACTITE ZONE ASSAYED 4.8% COPPER, MALACHITE STAINS WERE THE ONLY ORE MINERAL SEEN. A SMALL SLOUGHED IN PIT IS ABOUT 200 FT SOUTHEAST OF THIS ADIT. MINERALS ON THE DUMP INCLUDE BORNITE, CHALCOCITE, CHALCOPYRITE, AND MALACHITE. A SAMPLE OF THIS ORE ASSAYED 13.7% COPPER AND 6.7 OUNCES/SHORT TON SILVER. THE PIT IS IN AN AREA OF ALTERED AND IRON-STAINED LIMESTONE.
References
Reference (Deposit): BROWN S D 1993 USBM OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 12-93, 188 P
Reference (Deposit): DALE V B & OTHERS 1960 USBM RI 5650 P 16
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