Lucky Cuss, Escondido Claims

The Lucky Cuss, Escondido Claims is a lead, silver, manganese, and 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: Lucky Cuss, Escondido Claims
Secondary: Mccann
Secondary: Wedge

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Manganese
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Tombstone 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: Tombstone Mill And Mining Co., Tombstone Consolidated Mines Co., Bunker Hill Mines Co., Tombstone De

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
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

Type: L
Description: Northerly Faulting In Tombstone Basin, Lucky Cuss Fault Zone

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidized To Deposit Workings, Except Where Protected By Overlying Granodiorite

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Deposit): IRREGULAR, EXTENSIVELY OXIDIZED, TABULAR TO CHIMNEY-LIKE OREBODIES IN ALTERED LIMESTONES AND SHALES; AS VEINS IN THE LUCKY CUSS FAULT ZONE; ALONG NORTHEAST FISSURE ZONE; AND AS REPLACEMENTS ALONG BEDDING PLANE FAULTS IN THE LIMESTONES CLOSE TO FISSURE ZONES. VARIABLE WIDTH AND THICKNESS. STRIKE AND DIP IS ORIENTATION OF LUCKY CUSS FAULT.

Comment (Workings): STOPES IN LUCKY CUSS FAULT ZONE AND IN MASSIVE LIMESTONE

Comment (Deposit): ONE OF THE ORIGINAL TOMBSTONE MINES. THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000108 OF RICHARD P. FISCHER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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

Comment (Production): AT LEAST 100,000 TONS OF ORE PRODUCED SINCE THE 1880'S. PRODUCTION IS INCLUDED UNDER TOMBSTONE GROUP

References

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN187, P. 779.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

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

Reference (Deposit): ARIZ. B. OF M. BULL. 143, 1938, PL. 3, 4.

Reference (Deposit): USGS TM TOMBSTONE & VICINITY ARIZ. 1907.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 710, 1920, P. 113, PL. 5.

Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, WILSON, AND RASER, 1938, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 143, P. 63.

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