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Boston, Sampson & Way Up Claims, Cochise County, Arizona, USAi
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Sampson & Way Up Claims- not defined -
Cochise CountyCounty
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 22' 12'' North , 110° 17' 39'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
31.37000,-110.29417
GeoHash:
G#: 9t9d6nwpr
GRN:
N21W68
Type:
Group of Mines
Köppen climate type:
BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Sierra Vista Southeast14,797 (2011)11.9km
Miracle Valley644 (2011)13.4km
Palominas212 (2011)16.7km
Sierra Vista43,355 (2017)20.5km
Huachuca City1,755 (2017)28.9km
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ClubLocationDistance
Huachuca Mineral and Gem ClubSierra Vista, Arizona21km
Mindat Locality ID:
32743
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:32743:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Schwarzenbach Mine; Coronado N.F. Part 8.


A former small Cu-Zn-Ag-Au occurrence/mine located in the SW¼ sec. 2 & the SE¼ sec. 3, T24S, R20E, G&SRM, on National Forest/private land. First produced 1937. Operated by C.B. Strickland (1937). Operated by Mr. Schwarzenbach (1973). The USGS MRDS database stated accuracy for this locality is 10 meters.

Mineralization is partially oxidized copper and zinc sulfides with quartz in spotty ore bodies along fault fissures in Cretaceous Bisbee Group limestone beds and in exotic blocks of Paleozoic limestone in Triassic-Jurassic volcanics cut by the Late Jurassic/Late Permian/Late Cretaceous Huachuca Quartz Monzonite. Local rocks include Jurassic volcanic rocks.

Workings include underground openings comprised of tunnel workings.

Production was about 90 tons of ore (1937).

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References

USGS MRDS ID #M050541.
USGS Montezuma Pass, Arizona, quadrangle 7.5 minute topo map.
Hayes, P.T. (1970) Mesozoic stratigraphy of the Mule and Huachuca Mountains, Arizona: USGS Professional Paper 658-A, 28 p.
(1973) Index of Mining Properties in Cochise County, Arizona. University of Arizona Bulletin 187. Arizona Bureau of Mines p.65 - Table 4
Ludington, Steve (1984) Preliminary resource assessment of the proposed Miller Peak Wilderness, Cochise County, Arizona. Open-File Report Vol. 1984 (84-293) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr84293 pp.3-4
Niemuth, Nyal J., Phillips, Ken A. (1992, July) Copper Oxide Resources. Open-file Report 92-10. Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resourcesp.4 - Table 1
Tuftin, S.E. and Armstrong, R.C. (1994) U.S. Bureau of Mines Open File Report Mineral Land Assessment (MLA) 1-94.
U.S. Bureau of Mines (1995), Minerals Availability System/Mineral Industry Location System (MAS/MILS), U.S. Bureau of Mines, file ID #0040030104.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
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