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Mame Mine, Great Western Group, Courtland, Turquoise Mining District (Courtland-Gleeson Mining District), Cochise County, Arizona, USAi
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Mame MineMine
Great Western GroupGroup of Mines
CourtlandTown (Former)
Turquoise Mining District (Courtland-Gleeson Mining District)Mining District
Cochise CountyCounty
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 46' 14'' North , 109° 48' 52'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
31.77083,-109.81472
GRN:
N22W67
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Elfrida459 (2011)15.4km
Sunizona281 (2011)19.6km
McNeal238 (2011)23.3km
Tombstone1,312 (2017)24.8km
Dragoon209 (2011)35.6km
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ClubLocationDistance
Sunsites Gem and Mineral ClubPearce, Arizona15km
Mindat Locality ID:
33027
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:33027:8
GUID (UUID V4):
0


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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3 valid minerals.

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Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘChalcocite2.BA.05Cu2S
ⓘChalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
ⓘPyrite2.EB.05aFeS2

List of minerals for each chemical element

SSulfur
Sⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Sⓘ ChalcociteCu2S
Sⓘ PyriteFeS2
FeIron
Feⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Feⓘ PyriteFeS2
CuCopper
Cuⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Cuⓘ ChalcociteCu2S

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References

U.S. Bureau of Mines - Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology file data.
Arizona Bureau of Mines files.
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10088877, MRDS ID #M800135; and, Dep. ID #10112742, MAS ID #0040030649.
Ransome, F.L. (1912) Activities in the Turquoise copper district, Arizona: Mining and Engineering World (Chicago): 36: 1359-1361: 4-5, 8-12.
Wilson, E.D. (1927) Geology and ore deposits of the Courtland-Gleeson region, Arizona: Arizona Bureau of Mines Bulletin 123, 79 p.: 54-55.
(1973) Index of Mining Properties in Cochise County, Arizona. University of Arizona Bulletin 187. Arizona Bureau of Mines p.83
Niemuth, Nyal J., Phillips, Ken A. (1992, July) Copper Oxide Resources. Open-file Report 92-10. Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resourcesp.5 - Table 1
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