Mine detail: Chance Mine

Previously called 'Taylor ClaimsScheerer PropertyColford Copper'

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Location: Cochise County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 31.70181, -109.54425
dep_id: 10027130
mrds_id: M002185
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead
Minor mineral: Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper
Trace mineral: Vanadium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite, Vanadinite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Unknown
alteration: Strong Oxidation
ore_ctrl: Fracture Zone
Reporter: Gere, W., Roth, Frances A. (Gest, Don E.)
hrock_unit: Naco Group
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Nnw Thrust Faults In Swisshelms Overthrust, Penn Naco Group Over Rhyolite Porphyry, On Upthrown Side Of Nw Trending Fault; Penn Naco Group Strikes Nw, Dips 55 Sw
Year first produced: 1924
yr_lst_prd: 1956
disc_yr: 1885
discr: Jacob Sherrer
References:
  • Deposit:: M.S. THESIS, MT. QUEEN AREA, BY W. R. LORING, UNIV. OF ARIZ.
  • Deposit:: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 158
  • Deposit:: KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 70.
  • Deposit:: COOPER, 1956, USGS MAP MF-213
  • Deposit:: ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA
  • Production:: KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
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