Briggs Mine

The Briggs Mine is a copper mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,220 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: Briggs Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Cochise

Elevation: 5,220 Feet (1,591 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 31.42111, -109.89750

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Briggs Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Briggs Mine
Secondary: Calumet and Arizona Mine


Commodity

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


Location

State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Warren 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

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Calumet And Arizona Mng. Co., Phelps Dodge Corp.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
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: IRREGULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Pre-Mineralization Faulting And Tilting Common

Type: L
Description: Main Fault Directions, N10w To N40e, S30w To N50w, Pre-Mineralization


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Gossan With Mn And Fe Oxides Induced By Hydrothermal Metamorphism


Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 170.500000+-7.500000
Age Young: Jurassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Production): PROBABLY SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND TONS OF ORE PRODUCED AND INCLUDED IN CALUMET & ARIZONA AND PHELPS DODGE YEARLY FIGURES.

Comment (Development): MINE SHAFT NOW COVERED BY TAILINGS DUMP

Comment (Deposit): OXIDIZED, BASE METAL MINERALIZATION IN RELATIVELY UNALTERED MISS. AND DEV. LIMESTONES ALONG FRACTURE ZONES AND CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH JR. PORPHYRY DIKES AND SILLS.

Comment (Workings): SHAFT WORKINGS

Comment (Deposit): PART OF THE CALUMET AND ARIZONA CO. WORKINGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Location): NW 1/4 SEC. 22. UTM EST.


References

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 85

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


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