Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead, Gold
SecondaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlOre In Fractured And Faulted Dike Material And In Replacements Of Limestone, Where Intersected By Northeast Trending Fissures
Geology
Host rockDiorite,Limestone · Bisbee Group
Associated rockDiorite · Schiefflin Grandiorite
StructureIn Tombstone Basin, Northerly Dikes, Ne Fissures, Nw Trending Faults. Contention Dike Is Faulted By Series On Nw Trending Normal Faults
AlterationBisbee Liemstone Is Recrystallized
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1885
Discovery year1885
Identification
Deposit ID10048228
MRDS IDM800323
Alternate namesPump Shaft, Head Center, Flora Morrison, Contention-Grand Central, Yellow Jacket
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.70152, -110.06288
References
ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 74.ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 143, P. 69-71, PL. 6, 8, 10.ABGMT-USBM FILE DATANIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINESA ND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, 1989, DIRECTORY OF ACTIVE MINES IN ARIZONA, INCORPORATING SAND AND GRAVEL OPERATIONS--1989-90: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 36, 14 P.CIMRINIEMUTH, 1987.