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Tribute Mine, Tombstone Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 42' 9'' North , 110° 4' 9'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
31.70250,-110.06917
GeoHash:
G#: 9t9sr7606
GRN:
N22W67
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Tombstone1,312 (2017)1.2km
Whetstone2,617 (2017)25.6km
Saint David1,699 (2011)26.3km
Huachuca City1,755 (2017)26.4km
Sierra Vista43,355 (2017)27.6km
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ClubLocationDistance
Huachuca Mineral and Gem ClubSierra Vista, Arizona28km
Sunsites Gem and Mineral ClubPearce, Arizona33km
Mindat Locality ID:
32997
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:32997:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A former small underground Pb-Ag-Au-Cu-Mo-V-Zn mine located in South-central sec. 11, T.20S., R.22E, ¾ mile SW of Tombstone, on private land. Situated 1000 feet SE of the Ingersol shaft, and 2000 feet NE of the Lucky Cuss shfat. Owned at times, or in part, by the Tombstone Mill & Mining Co., Tombstone Consolidated Mines Co., Bunker Hill Mines Co., and the Tombstone Development Co.

Mineralization is oxidized argentiferous and auriferous base metal sulfides in overturned Cretaceous Bisbee Group shales where a fold is intersected by a dike and 'northeast' fissures. The dikes strike N12E and dip 75-85W. Gold content is greatest in or near the NE fissures.

Local structures includwe the Tombstone Basin with post-mineralization tilting towards N and NE.

Workings include a shaft(s). The shaft has 7 levels of workings, probably 700 feet deep, and at least 2000 feet of total workings. The 7th level adjoins the Sulphuret shaft to the east. Several hundred tons of ore were produced in the 1880's and a small tonnage intermittently since then. Post-1900 production data are included under the Tombstone group in ABGMT-USBM file data.

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4 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘNative Gold1.AA.05Au
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘMolybdenite2.EA.30MoS2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘCalcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
ⓘVanadinite8.BN.05Pb5(VO4)3Cl

List of minerals for each chemical element

CCarbon
Cⓘ CalciteCaCO3
OOxygen
Oⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Oⓘ VanadinitePb5(VO4)3Cl
SSulfur
Sⓘ MolybdeniteMoS2
ClChlorine
Clⓘ VanadinitePb5(VO4)3Cl
CaCalcium
Caⓘ CalciteCaCO3
VVanadium
Vⓘ VanadinitePb5(VO4)3Cl
MoMolybdenum
Moⓘ MolybdeniteMoS2
AuGold
Auⓘ Native GoldAu
PbLead
Pbⓘ VanadinitePb5(VO4)3Cl

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References

MRDS database Dep. ID file #10027022, MRDS ID #M001735; and, Dep. ID #10161293, MAS ID #0040030693.
Hamilton, Patrick (1881) The Resources of Arizona - A Manual of Reliable Information Concerning the Territory. The Legislature of the Territory of Arizona. p.36
Church, J.A. (1903) The Tombstone, Arizona, mining district: American Institute of Mining Engineers, Transactions: 33: 3-37: 15.
Butler, B.S., and Wilson, E.D. (1938a) Structural control of the ore deposits at Tombstone, in Some Arizona ore deposits: Arizona Bureau of Mines Bulletin No. 145: 28, 89, 91, 93, 103, Pl. IV.
Butler, B.S., Wilson, E.D., and Rasor, C.A. (1938b), Geology and ore deposits of the Tombstone district, Arizona, Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 143: 51, 63.
Galbraith, F.W. & D.J. Brennan (1959), Minerals of Arizona: 73.
(1973) Index of Mining Properties in Cochise County, Arizona. University of Arizona Bulletin 187. Arizona Bureau of Mines p.80 - Table 4
Anthony, John W., Williams, Sidney A., Bideaux, Richard A., Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.
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