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Luck Sure Mine, Tombstone Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 41' 48'' North , 110° 4' 28'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Tombstone1,312 (2017)1.9km
Whetstone2,617 (2017)25.1km
Huachuca City1,755 (2017)25.7km
Saint David1,699 (2011)26.6km
Sierra Vista43,355 (2017)26.8km
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ClubLocationDistance
Huachuca Mineral and Gem ClubSierra Vista, Arizona27km
Sunsites Gem and Mineral ClubPearce, Arizona33km
Mindat Locality ID:
32969
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:32969:8
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A former small underground Ag-Mn-Au-Pb mine located in the NW ¼ sec. 14, T.20S., R.22E, 1 mile S of Tombstone, on private land. Located south of the adjoining Lucky Cuss Mine. Operated at times, or in part, by Mr. Harry Marcia; the Old Glory Mining Co., Bunker Hill Mines Co., and the Tombstone Development Co. Tombstone Mill And Mining Co., Tombstone Consolidated Mines Co.

Mineralization is irregular, oxidized pipe and chimney orebodies of manganiferous silver along 'northeast' fissure zones in Pennsylvanian-Permian Naco Group limestone near intersections with the Lucky Cuss fault.

Workings include a shaft(s) and adit(s). A few thousand tons of manganiferous smelter flux was produced in 1881 and 1884, and some 1,600 tons in 1905-1906. Produced from 1905 to 1918 under the name Luck Sure. Some production included under the Tombstone group.

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