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Tracy Mine (Tracey Mine), Cochise County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 21' 51'' North , 110° 15' 29'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
31.36417,-110.25806
GeoHash:
G#: 9t9d7j8t9
GRN:
N21W68
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Miracle Valley644 (2011)10.1km
Sierra Vista Southeast14,797 (2011)10.7km
Palominas212 (2011)13.4km
Sierra Vista43,355 (2017)21.6km
Naco1,046 (2011)29.6km
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ClubLocationDistance
Huachuca Mineral and Gem ClubSierra Vista, Arizona22km
Mindat Locality ID:
67609
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:67609:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A former small surface Au-Ag-Cu-Silica mine located on 3 unpatented claims in the W½ sec. 12, T.24S., R.20E and sec. 7, T24S, R21E, ½ mile NE of Montezuma Park. (Montezuma Pass 7.5 minute topo map). Produced 1968. Owned and operated by Mr. Leo Deslaurier.

Mineralization is a vein deposit 91.44 meters long by 1.22 meters wide (vein varies from two to four feet wide), hosted in the Huachuca Quartz Monzonite and includes oxidized copper minerals.

Workings include an open cut in 1968, 30 feet long and 12 feet deep.

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References

U.S. Bureau of Mines - Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology file data.
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10048122, MRDS ID #M800148; and, Dep. ID #10258396, MAS ID #0040030755.
Hayes, P.T., and Raup, R.B. (1968) Geologic map of the Huachuca and Mustang Mountains, southeastern Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations Map I-509, 1 sheet, scale 1:48,000.
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
Phillips, K.A. (1987), Arizona Industrial Minerals, 2nd. Edition, Arizona Department of Mines & Minerals Mineral Report 4, 185 pp.: 156.
Niemuth, Nyal J., Phillips, Ken A. (1992, July) Copper Oxide Resources. Open-file Report 92-10. Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resourcesp.6 - Table 1
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