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Arizona · Cochise County
Past Producer

Texas Arizona Mine

Cochise County, Arizona, United States
Lead Silver Copper Gold Zinc
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Land & claims · BLM · live

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Surface manager + active mining claims at this point, live from BLM. The "open to location" notes are a general 1872-Mining-Law guide, not BLM output — decision-support only; verify with BLM MLRS and on the ground before staking or entry.

Commodities

PrimaryLead, Silver
SecondaryCopper, Gold, Zinc
Commodity typeMetallic

Deposit

Deposit sizeSmall
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFavorable Beds For Replacement And Fault Fissures.

Materials

Ore mineralsAnglesite, Galena, Hemimorphite, Hydrozincite, Linarite, Malachite, Plumbojarosite, Rosasite, Willemite
GangueLimonite

Geology

Host rockShale,Sandstone,Limestone,Dolomite · Martin Formation Devonian Dolomite With Some Shale And Sandstone.;Escabrosa Limestone
StructureTertiary Block Faulting Trending Nw. ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N And Nw Trending Folds And Thrust Faults Overriding To Ne., Faults Trending East, Northeast, Northwest.
Tectonic settingBasin And Range.
AlterationOxidation Of Ore To Deepest Levels.

Economic & production

Development statusPast Producer
First production1908
Last production1935

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References

COOPER, J. R. AND SILVER, L. T. 1964, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 416MINING REPORTER, VOL. 56, 1907.LIVINGSTON, MAUGER, BENNETT, AND LAUGHLIN, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-13751964 GEOLMAP U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, COOPER AND SILVER, PROF. PAPER 41

Identification

Deposit ID10039392
MRDS IDM050019
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.07512, -110.01149
Base: USGS MRDS (public domain, frozen 2011). Community notes © their authors, CC-BY. Land data live from BLM.