San Jose Prospects

The San Jose Prospects is a silver, copper, lead, and zinc 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: San Jose Prospects  

State:  Arizona

County:  Cochise

Elevation:

Commodity: Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc

Lat, Long: 32.14306, -110.24389

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San Jose Prospects MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: San Jose Prospects
Secondary: Gold Mine Ridge


Commodity

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


Location

State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Yellowstone 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

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Workings

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Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past 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

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Location): SE 1/4 SEC. 12. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Production): SOME SCATTERED TEST LOTS PRODUCED IN THE LATE 1920'S AND EARLY 1930'S.

Comment (Deposit): NARROW, IRON OXIDE AND QUARTZ VEINS, WITH WEAKAND SPOTTY COPPER OXIDES AND CARBONATES, AND MINOR CHALCOPYRITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE, AND PYRITE, CUTTING GRANODIORITE AND A THRUST PLANE ZONE.

Comment (Workings): PROSPECTS


References

Reference (Deposit): KEITH,S.B.1973, COCHISE COUNTY: ABM BULL 187

Reference (Deposit): COOPER & SILVER, 1964, DRAGOON QUAD; USGS P.P. 416

Reference (Deposit): SILVER AND DEUTSCH, 1963, ANNALS N.Y. ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, V. 91, P. 271-183

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


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