Hubbard Mine

The Hubbard Mine is a zinc mine located in Cochise county, Arizona.

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: Hubbard Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Cochise

Elevation:

Commodity: Zinc

Lat, Long: 31.94083, -110.03194

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Hubbard Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Hubbard Mine
Secondary: Dragoon Zinc
Secondary: Democrat and Sherman


Commodity

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


Location

State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Middle Pass District


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

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: J. R. Hubbard
Home Office: Tucson, Az.
Years: 1942 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1943
Year Last Production: 1952
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: R
Description: Complex Tertiary Faulting Of Paleozoic And Cretaceous Sediments, Tertiary Intrusives

Type: L
Description: Closely Folded Rocks, Deep Reverse Faults With Superimposed Metamorphism


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Lead
Ore: Silver
Ore: Copper


Comments

Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED ALAN LEWIS, C.B. HIGGINS, MAURICE HEDDIMON

Comment (Location): CORNER OF SECTIONS 17, 19, AND 20. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Comment (Production): ABOUT 330 TONS OF ZINC ORE PRODUCED INTERMITTENTLY DURING 1944, 1949, AND 1952.

Comment (Workings): SHAFT WORKINGS


References

Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 64.

Reference (Deposit): MARVIN, STERN, CREASEY, MEHNERT, 1973, USGS BULL 1379

Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.


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