Mame Mine, Great Western Group, Turquoise Mining District (Courtland-Gleeson Mining District), Cochise County, Arizona, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Mame Mine | Mine |
| Great Western Group | Group of Mines |
| Turquoise Mining District (Courtland-Gleeson Mining District) | Mining District |
| Cochise County | County |
| Arizona | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 46' 14'' North , 109° 48' 52'' West
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Sunsites Gem and Mineral Club | Pearce, Arizona | 15km |
Mindat Locality ID:
33027
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:33027:8
GUID (UUID V4):
8d3ce9c1-084b-45d4-96da-69e5b4408261
A former small underground Cu-Ag-Pb-Zn-Au mine located in the SE¼NE¼ sec. 20, T.19S., R.25E. (Pearce 15 minute topo map), ½ mile south of Turquoise Mountain, and 1,100 feet NW of Courtland P.O., on private land. Produced 1909-1969. Owned at times, or in part, by the Great Western Copper Co.; Hope Mining & Milling Co.; Interstate Accounting & Office Service; Minerals Exploration Co.; and, the Tombstone Mines, Inc. Operated by Direct Minerals, Inc., James C. Ryan, Jr. Manager, 445 Park Ave., NY, NY (1963). Mine operators also include the Big Bear Minging Co.; Still Brothers; Aztec Mining Co.; Minerals Exploration; Tombstone Mines; and, the Great Western Company. Precipitate work, Paramount Mining operated the Mame in 1959-1960 and 1963-1969.
Mineralization is low grade, irregular, lenticular, cupriferous pyritic ore in replacement bodies in a steeply dipping belt of Abrigo Limestone intruded and metamorphosed by quartz monzonite porphyry. Ore bodies approximately follow steeply dipping bedding planes and are not associated with faults, striking 10W and dipping 70E. Oxidation is spotty. Ore concentration was slight enrichment of secondary copper. A narrow belt of carboniferous limestone is east of the shaft, but the deposit and workings are in Cambrian limestone.
Local structures include a faulted contact to the east with Mississippian limestones. The Abrigo dips 70E. Quartz monzonite intruded and metamorphosed the Abrigo Limestone. Smaller post-enrichment faults are SW to N-S with variable dips. This orientation is that of bedding, which ore bodies follow approximately
Workings include a shaft(s). Workings are on the 100, 200, and 300 foot levels. Other adjoining shafts include the Humbot, 200 feet deep, and the Highland, 350 feet deep. Workings total 3,657.6 meters in length and 106.68 meters in depth. About 100,000 tons of ore were produced from 1910 to 1920, and intermittently some 15,000 tons up to 1960. About 525 tons of copper precipitates were produced since 1959. Production statistics include the Mary Mine, Highland shaft, and Humbot shaft.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Chalcocite Formula: Cu2S |
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Chalcocite | 2.BA.05 | Cu2S |
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| S | Sulfur | |
|---|---|---|
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Chalcocite | Cu2S |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcocite | Cu2S |
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| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10088877 |
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