Montezuma Mine

The Montezuma Mine is a gold 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: Montezuma Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Cochise

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 31.69111, -110.11472

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Montezuma Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Montezuma Mine


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver


Location

State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Tombstone District


Land Status

Land ownership: State
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

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: 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

Not available


Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 72.000000+-3.000000
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 72.000000+-3.000000
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Production): A FEW HUNDRED TONS OF ORE PRODUCED DURING THE LATE 1880'S.

Comment (Deposit): ORE ALONG AN OXIDIZED AND ALTERED FAULT FISSURE CUTTING QUARTZ LATITE PORPHYRY.

Comment (Workings): SHAFT MINE

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


References

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 77.

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

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

Reference (Deposit): ARIZ. B. OF M. BULL. 143, 1938, P. 100, PL. 3


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