Chadwick Mine

The Chadwick Mine 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

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Site Name

Primary: Chadwick Mine
Secondary: Conlig
Secondary: Houston
Secondary: East & West Evening Star

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten

Location

State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Whetstone District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Euclid Mining Co., Conlig Tungsten Co., Standard Tungsten Corp., Minerals Development Co.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Seritization

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Scheelite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000753 OF J.E. ELLIOTT WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS.

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Production): SOME TUNGSTEN CONCENTRATES PRODUCED IN 1943-1944.

Comment (Deposit): SPARSE ORE IN QUARTZ VEINS IN MEDIUM GRAINED, MUSCOVITE GRANITE INTRUDED BY SCHIST. VEINS 6-24 IN WIDE, 600 FT LONG.

Comment (Workings): PITS AND TRENCHES

References

Reference (Deposit): ARIZ. B. OF M. BULL. 148, P. 45.

Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES.

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 91.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.

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