Mine detail: Dives Mine Bear Cave Claim

Previously called 'PorterNettieNobbyTwin PeaksEmma'

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Location: Cochise County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.20151, -109.59676
dep_id: 10027127
mrds_id: M002181
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver
Trace mineral: Graphite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite
gangue: Graphite, Quartz
orebody_fm: VEIN
work_type: Unknown
alteration: Metamorphosed Shale
ore_ctrl: Veins Which Parallel A Wide E-W Trending Quartz Vein
Reporter: Orris, Greta J., Gere, W., Gest, Don E.
hrock_type: Shale
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite,Granite
Structure: E-W Trending Fault Separates Quartz Monzonite To The South From Cretaceous Shales To The North
yr_lst_prd: 1942
disc_yr: 1877
References:
  • Deposit:: ARIZ. B. OF M. BULL. 137, 1934, P. 118, 119.
  • Deposit:: KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 61.
  • Deposit:: SHIELDS, 1940, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE DIVES AND GOLD RIDGE GROUPS: UNIV OF ARIZ MS THESIS.
  • Deposit:: COOPER, J.R., 1960, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-231.
  • Deposit:: ELSING, M J., AND HEINEMAN, R.E.S., 1936, ABM ECONOMIC SERIES 19, BULL. 140, P. 91.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: 1934, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 137. KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
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