Dives Mine Bear Cave Claim

The Dives Mine Bear Cave Claim is a gold 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

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Site Name

Primary: Dives Mine Bear Cave Claim
Secondary: Porter
Secondary: Emma
Secondary: Nettie
Secondary: Nobby
Secondary: Twin Peaks

Commodity

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

Location

State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Mascot District , Dos Cabezas 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

Type: Unknown

Ownership

Owner Name: Santa Maria Mining Co

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1942
Discovery Year: 1877
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: VEIN

Structure

Type: L
Description: E-W Trending Fault Separates Quartz Monzonite To The South From Cretaceous Shales To The North

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Metamorphosed Shale

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Graphite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

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

Comment (Production): TOTAL VALUE ABT. $45,000 SINCE 1877 . SOME 10,000 TONS OF GOLD ORE PRODUCED SPORADICALLY FROM 1882 TO 1931.

Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED C.B. WHITE, DIVES MINING CO., H. CRABTREE, TWIN PEAKS MINING

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN (N68-87W,VERT) ALONG FAULT SEPARATING METAMORPHOSED CRETACEOUS SHALE FROM PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE.

Comment (Workings): E LEVELS OF MINE TREND E-W, 1100 FT ADIT IS MAIN WORKING ACCESS PERPENDICULAR TO MAIN 3 LEVELS, 300, 500, AND 600 FT. ALSO OTHER SHALLOWER SHAFTS

Comment (Geology): ORES IN COARSELY-TEXTURED QUARTZ VEIN A LONG A FAULT FISSURE ZONE SEPARATING A WIDE BAND OF METAMORPHOSED, GRAPHIC SHALE FROM GRANITIC ROCK.

References

Reference (Deposit): COOPER, J.R., 1960, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-231.

Reference (Deposit): ELSING, M J., AND HEINEMAN, R.E.S., 1936, ABM ECONOMIC SERIES 19, BULL. 140, P. 91.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): 1934, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 137. KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.

Reference (Deposit): ARIZ. B. OF M. BULL. 137, 1934, P. 118, 119.

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 61.

Reference (Deposit): SHIELDS, 1940, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE DIVES AND GOLD RIDGE GROUPS: UNIV OF ARIZ MS THESIS.

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