Arizona · Cochise County
Producer
Tom Scott Mine
Cochise County, Arizona, United States
Copper
Silver
Gold
Lead
Zinc
Molybdenum
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Commodities
Primary
Copper
Secondary
Silver, Gold, Lead
Tertiary
Zinc, Molybdenum
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Replacement
Deposit size
S
Workings
Underground
Orebody form
IRREGULAR
Ore control
Control By Faults And Fractures In Limestone Most Prominent Fault On Bedding Plane
Materials
Ore minerals
Anglesite, Aurichalcite, Calamine, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Melaconite, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Wulfenite
Gangue
Aragonite, Calcite, Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolin, Limonite
Other materials
Pyrolusite
Geology
Host rock
Limestone · Naco Group
Associated rock
Quartz Monzonite,Quartz Latite,Andesite,Granite · Gleeson Quartz Monzonite;Sugarloaf Quartz Latite Porphyry
Structure
In Limestone Near Quartz Monzonite Contact. Beds 10w, 45e, Nnw Trending Gleeson Ridge Overthrust, Bedding Plane Faults
Economic & production
Development status
Producer
First production
1907
Last production
1954
Identification
Deposit ID
10048118
MRDS ID
M800142
Alternate names
Mason
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
31.73791, -109.82148
References
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATAWILSON, 1927, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COURTLAND-GLARSON REGION. ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 123, P. 73ABGMT 187, P. 84.KEITH, 1973, P. 84