Escapule Mine

The Escapule Mine is a zinc, lead, and silver mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,119 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

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Site Name

Primary: Escapule Mine
Secondary: Garnet
Secondary: Moonlight Groups

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Vanadium

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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: J. Escapule
Home Office: Tombstone, Az.
Years: 1942 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1938
Year Last Production: 1955
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

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: East Dipping, Nw Trending Thrust Sheets. Steep Dipping To Overturned Cretaceous Beds

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Sphalerite

Comments

Comment (Workings): TWO OF THE THREE MINERALIZED ZONES HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED BY A FEW HUNDRED FEET OF MINE WORKINGS. THE ESCAPULE IS SITUATED ON THE MOONLIGHT 2 AND 3 CLAIMS, A COUPLE OF HUNDRED FEET WEST OF THE DRAGOON FAULT. THE ESCAPULE MINE IS DEVELOPED BY AN ADIT ABOUT 275 FT LONG AND BY FOUR SHALLOW WINZES - 10,17,25, AND 70 FT DEEP. WORKINGS WERE DRIVEN ALONG OR NEAR THE CONTACT BETWEEN THE QUARTZITE ON FOOTWALL ZONE AND THE LIMESTONE ON THE HANGING WALL

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Production): SOME PRODUCTION

Comment (Development): 17 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. THE ESCAPULE CONSISTS OF THE MOONLIGHT, NORTHSIDE, AND GARNET GROUPS OF CLAIMS

References

Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES

Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 187, 1973, P. 68

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, 1950, ABM BULL 158

Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, P. 68

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