Arizona · Cochise County
Past Producer
Escapule Mine
Cochise County, Arizona, United States
Zinc
Silver
Lead
Copper
Gold
Molybdenum
Vanadium
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Commodities
Primary
Zinc, Silver, Lead
Tertiary
Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Vanadium
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit size
S
Workings
Underground
Orebody form
TABULAR
Ore control
Ore Occurs In Folded And Faulted Paleozoic Limestone In The Hanging Wall Side Of The Dragoon Fault
Materials
Ore minerals
Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Vanadinite, Wulfenite
Geology
Host rock
Limestone · Abrigo Limestone
Associated rock
Quartz Monzonite
Structure
East Dipping, Nw Trending Thrust Sheets. Steep Dipping To Overturned Cretaceous Beds
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
First production
1938
Last production
1955
Identification
Deposit ID
10026902
MRDS ID
M000921
Alternate names
Garnet, Moonlight Groups
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
31.85096, -109.94233
References
USBM FILESABM BULL 187, 1973, P. 68ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILEWILSON, 1950, ABM BULL 158KEITH, 1973, P. 68