El Tigre Mine

The El Tigre Mine is a copper, gold, lead, and silver 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: El Tigre Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Cochise

Elevation:

Commodity: Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver

Lat, Long: 31.93556, -109.28361

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El Tigre Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: El Tigre Mine


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver


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

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Samson, Willard S.
Home Office: Dos Cabezas, Az.
Years: 1947 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1937
Year Last Production: 1947
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

Type: R
Description: Mine In Cret Beds, Near Contact To The South With Tert Rhyolite


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Location): SW 1/4 SEC. 21. , UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Production): A FEW TENS OF TONS OF HIGH GRADE ORE SHIPPED IN 1945-1946.

Comment (Development): OPERATORS ALSO INCLUDED WILLIAM CARLETON

Comment (Deposit): SMALL LENSING ORESHOOT OF PARTLY OXIDIZED BASE METAL SULFIDES ALONG A FRACTURE ZONE.

Comment (Workings): TUNNEL WORKINGS


References

Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 52.

Reference (Deposit): COOPER, 1959, USGS MAP MF-213


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