Mine detail: Lucky Cuss, Escondido Claims

Previously called 'MccannWedge'

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Location

Lat / long:

31.70124, -110.07483

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Manganese, Gold, Lead
Tertiary:	Vanadium, Zinc
Ore:	Gold
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Naco Group Limestone;Bisbee Group Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Schieffelin Granodiorite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Northerly Faulting In Tombstone Basin, Lucky Cuss Fault Zone
Alteration processes:	Oxidized To Deposit Workings, Except Where Protected By Overlying Granodiorite

References

MRDS	M002207
DEP	10027137
Reference	{Deposit:: ARIZ. B. OF M. BULL. 143, 1938, PL. 3, 4.}{Deposit:: USGS TM TOMBSTONE & VICINITY ARIZ. 1907.}{Deposit:: USGS BULL. 710, 1920, P. 113, PL. 5.}{Deposit:: BUTLER, WILSON, AND RASER, 1938, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 143, P. 63.}{Deposit:: KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN187, P. 779.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.}
Reporter	Gere, W., Gest, Don E.