The Rough Claims is a tungsten mine located in Cochise county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
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Rough Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rough Claims
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Mascot District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Ben Kratzberg
Home Office: Bowie, Az.
Years: 1943 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1945
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Amphibole Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Production): NONE TO APRIL 1943 UNDERGROUND PRODUCTION.
Comment (Workings): A FEW SURFACE WORKINGS
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1940'S
Comment (Commodity): SELECT ORE ON DUMP ASSAYED 1.3% WO3
Comment (Development): DISCOVERED IN EARLY 1940'S
Comment (Deposit): NARROW STREAKS AND DISSEMINATIONS IN PRECAMBRIAN AMPHIBOLE SCHIST.
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S.B.M. FILES
Reference (Deposit): DALE, V. B., STEWART, L. A., AND MCKINNEY, W. A., 1960, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS RI-5650. P. 26-27.
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