Rough Claims

The Rough Claims is a tungsten mine located in Cochise county, Arizona.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Rough Claims  

State:  Arizona

County:  Cochise

Elevation:

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 32.26806, -109.52361

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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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