Moore Mine

The Moore Mine is a copper and zinc mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,125 feet.

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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: Moore Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Tungsten
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Bismuth

Location

State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Cochise 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: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Coronado Copper And Zinc Co.

Production

Year: 1969
Time Period: 1951-1969
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^2.5% Cu, 6.5% Zn

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1951
Discovery Year: 1947
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: CHIMNEYS, LENSES

Structure

Type: R
Description: Nnw Tert Block Faulting, Thrust Faults Overriding To Ne

Type: L
Description: Flexures Related To N Trending Folds, Drag On Faults, Changes In D Ip Of Beds, Complex Block Faulting

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Recrystallization, Garnetization, Tactite, Minor Oxidation

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 53.000000+-
Age Young: Tertiary

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Feldspar
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Development): PREVIOUS OWNERS INCLUDE STRONG AND HARRIS, MCFARLAND AND HULLINGE R, STAUFFER MINING CO. MOORE MINE WAS THE ONLY ACTIVE MINE IN THE JOHN SON CAMP AREA FROM 1952-1957. FAVORABLE EXPLORATION TARGETS EXIST IN O FFSET FAULTS. PROBLEMS EXIST IN DETERMINING SEQUENCE OF FAULTS.

Comment (Deposit): CHIMNEYS 50 TO 175 FT WIDE PARALLEL TO BEDDING, AND 30 TO 60 FT T HICK PERPENDICULAR TO THE BEDS. THERE WERE 4 MAJOR ORE BODIES

Comment (Workings): SHAFT CONNECTS TO MAMMOTH WORKINGS. EXTENSIVE WORKINGS 400, 500, & 600 LEVELS. LARGE 'A' OREBODY OF MOORE MINE IS SITUATED ABOUT 1000 F T E OF MAMMOTH MINE

Comment (Geology): SOME HYPOGENE ENRICHMENT IN AN AREA OF COMPLEX BLOCK FAULTING. ORE BOUNDARIES ARE PLANE SURFACES PARALLEL TO BEDS. LONG AXES OF ORE BODI ES CONTROLLED BY FAULT FISSURES OR FOLDS

Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050014 WITH RE CORD M030575 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Commodity): ORE IN WHITE TACTITE HAD CU:ZN=1:1. ORE CONTAINED SEVERAL PERCENT OF EACH METAL. EARLY ORES CONTAINED UP TO 20% CU WITH VERY LITTLE ZN

Comment (Production): SHUT DOWN IN 1957 BECAUSE OF FALL IN METAL PRICES

Comment (Location): 1000 FT E OF MAMMOTH MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

References

Reference (Deposit): COOPER, 1950, ABM BULL 156

Reference (Deposit): COOPER & HUFF, 1951, ECON GEOL, V.46 NO.7 P. 731-756

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1973, ABM BULL 187

Reference (Deposit): ABM FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): COOPER & SILVER, 1964, USGS PP 416

Reference (Deposit): LIVINGSTON ET AL, 1967, JGR, V.72, P. 1361-1375

Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, P.58; COOPER & SILVER, 1964, P. 163

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