Alkie Mine

The Alkie Mine is a lead, copper, and silver mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,140 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

Name: Alkie Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Cochise

Elevation: 4,140 Feet (1,262 Meters)

Commodity: Lead, Copper, Silver

Lat, Long: 31.63111, -110.15111

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Alkie Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Alkie Mine
Secondary: Escapule Operator


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver


Location

State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Tombstone District


Land Status

Land ownership: Military Reservation
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
Year First Production: 1938
Year Last Production: 1954
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: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Galena


Comments

Comment (Location): SW 1/4 SEC 6

Comment (Production): ABOUT 10 TONS OF ORE PRODUCED DURING 1938 AND 1951 TO 1952.

Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED J.I. ESCARCOGA, K.B. ESCAPULE

Comment (Workings): SHAFT AND SURFACE WORKINGS.

Comment (Deposit): RELATIVELY WEAK SULFIDE MINERALIZATION ALONG FRACTURES IN TERT ANDESITE VOLCANICS. 16-18 INCH WIDE REPLACEMENT BODIES ON ANDESITE-RHYOLITE CONTACT


References

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 73.

Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 143, 1938

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


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