Head Center Mine, Contention-Grand Central Mine group, Tombstone Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USAi
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Head Center Mine | Mine |
Contention-Grand Central Mine group | - not defined - |
Tombstone Mining District | Mining District |
Cochise County | County |
Arizona | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° North , 110° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~1km
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Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
32904
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:32904:1
GUID (UUID V4):
82b091e7-ea3a-4a52-a72d-942ad1025a54
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Head Center claim
A Ag-Au-Pb-Cu-Zn mine located in T.20S., R.22E. The claim was 1,300 feet (ca. 396 m) by 500 feet (ca. 152 m) wide. Owned at times, or in part, by the Western Mining Co., Grand Central Mining Co., Tombstone Mill & Mining Co., Head Center Co., Head Center & Tranquility Co., Contention Mining Co., Tombstone Consolidated Mines Co., Bunker Hill Mines Co., and the Tombstone Development Co.
Mineralization is oxidized argentiferous and auriferous galena and minor copper and zinc ores in large, rich orebodies in faulted and fractured segments of a large dike, and in brecciated footwall zones of the dike. Ore was also found in replacements of Cretaceous Bisbee Group limestone beds where they were intersected by "northeast" fissures.
Workings include a 600 feet (ca. 183 m) deep shaft with levels on the 400 feet (ca. 122 m) and 500 feet (ca. 152 m) levels. One of the earliest and most productive mines of the district. Over $10,000,000 was produced prior to 1886 and several hundred thousand tons were produced from the 1880s to the early 1900s. There was some sporadic production up to 1929.
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1 valid mineral.
Detailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Gold Formula: Au Description: Occurs in altered dikes as visible flakes, particularly near the dike walls. References: |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Mexico
- Sierra Madre OccidentalMountain Range
North America
- Sonoran DesertDesert
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Mazatzal DomainDomain
- Pedregosa BasinBasin
USA
- Arizona
- Cochise County
- Tombstone HillsGroup of Hills
- Cochise County
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