Maine Mine

Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States

Copper Zinc Silver Lead Gold

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

PrimaryCopper, Zinc

SecondarySilver, Lead

TertiaryGold

Commodity typeMetallic

Deposit

Deposit sizeSmall

WorkingsUnderground

Orebody formDISSEMINATED AND IN BUNCHES IN SHEAR ZONE

Ore controlN-S Trending Fault Contact Zone Between Limestone To East And Silicic Volcanic Rocks To West; Ore Mineral Occur In Bunches And Disseminations Along Fault Zone, Or As Replacement Bodies In Limestone

Materials

Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Hydrozincite, Pyrite, Sphalerite

Geology

Host rockLimestone · Concha Limestone

Associated rockTuff,Welded Tuff,Rhyolite,Latite

StructureMineral Deposits Of Washington-Duquesne Area Occupy A Limestone-Sediment Belt (2.5 Miles Long And 1.25 Miles Wide) Surrounded By Igneous Rocks Which Also Form Detached Masses And Dikes Within Belt, N-S Trending Kansas Fault

Tectonic settingWashington Camp Fault Block

AlterationPyrometasomatized And Silicified Limestone; Surface Oxidation

Economic & production

Development statusProducer

First production1880

Last production1965

Discovery year1880

Description

M.W. Thompson And Partners

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References

ABGMT-USBM FILE DATAUSBM FILES, MAINE MINEUSGS BULL 582, P. 343LEHMAN, NORMAN E., 1978, THE GEOLOGY AND PYROMETASOMATIC ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WASHINGTON CAMP-DUQUESNE DISTRICT, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; PHD. DISSERTATION, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, P. 126-143BLM DISTRICT MINING SHEET 727ADMR FILE DATA, MAINE MINEARIZ BUR MINES BULL 191, P. 78ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITHUSGS MAP I-762TENNEY, JAMES B. 1927-29, HISTORY OF MINING IN ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, P. 293-300

Identification

Deposit ID10046339

MRDS IDM241346

Alternate namesPoole Group, Ella Mine, Ochoa Mine

RegionNA

Data scoreB

Coordinates31.38431, -110.70123