The Dragoon Copper Mine is a copper mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,875 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
Elevation: 4,875 Feet (1,486 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 32.08417, -110.06056
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Dragoon Copper Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dragoon Copper Mine
Secondary: Dragoon Copper Lease
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Cochise District
Land Status
Land ownership: County
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: Dragoon Copper Lease Co.
Years: 1917 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Year Last Production: 1917
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: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Massive Fracture System, Tert Block Faulting With General Ne Trend
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 53.000000+-
Age Young: Tertiary
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED .5 MILES NORTH OF THE FREEWAY, JUST EAST OF THE ROAD CONNECTING JOHNSON AND DRAGOON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Geology): ABOVE IS DISTRICT DESCRIPTION, THIS DEPOSIT NOT SPECIFICALLY DESCRIBED IN USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 416.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 416, P. 152-153
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT 187, P. 55
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): LIVINGSTON, D.E., DAMON, P.E., MAUGER, R.L., BENNETT, R., LAUGHLIN, A.W., 1967 40AR IN COGENETIC FELDSPAR-MICA MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES: JOURNAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, V. 72 P 1362-1375.
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