The Texas Arizona Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,846 feet.
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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
Elevation: 4,846 Feet (1,477 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 32.075, -110.01083
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Texas Arizona Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Texas Arizona Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Cochise District, Gunnison Hills Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: C. And L. C. Chambers
Home Office: Willcox, Az.
Years: 1964 -
Owner Name: Texas Arizona Mining Co
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1908
Year Last Production: 1935
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Tertiary Block Faulting Trending Nw. ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N And Nw Trending Folds And Thrust Faults Overriding To Ne.
Type: L
Description: Faults Trending East, Northeast, Northwest.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation Of Ore To Deepest Levels.
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Hemimorphite
Ore: Willemite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Linarite
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Hydrozincite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Rosasite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Production): TOTAL RECORDED PRODUCTION FROM 1910-1928 WAS 718 TONS AVERAGING 38.5 PCT. PB 49 OZ. AG 1.6 PCT. CU AND 0.05 OZ. AU PER TON. (LEAD-SILVER ORE)
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED MILLS CHAMBERS & S, O.F. SMITH, B.F. GUILBERT
Comment (Deposit): OTHER SMALLER BODIES OF ORE ALSO WERE MINED.
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT 315, TWO WINZES FROM 5TH OF FIVE LEVELS GO ADDITIONAL 40 AND 100 FEET.
Comment (Geology): MARTIN AND ESCABROSA FM STRIKE N25W DIP 35 NE. ; GEOL.DESC: FAULTS AND FISSURES IN ESCABROSA LIMESTONE AND TOP OF MARTIN FM. TREND FROM NW TO NE. BEDS STRIKE N25W DIP 35 NE. STREAKS OF ORE FOUND ALONG THESE FISSURES. TABULAR REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS OCCUR 80 TO 120 FT. STRATIGRAPHICALLY ABOVE BASE OF ESCABROSA. ORE OXIDIZED TO LOWEST LEVELS.
Comment (Commodity): ZINC MINERALS MORE OFTEN IN FISSURES; LEAD MINERALS TEND TO BE IN REPLACED AREAS. SILVER MINERAL NOT IDENTIFIED, MAY BE ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA. SOME HORN SILVER.
References
Reference (Deposit): COOPER, J. R. AND SILVER, L. T. 1964, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 416
Reference (Deposit): MINING REPORTER, VOL. 56, 1907.
Reference (Deposit): LIVINGSTON, MAUGER, BENNETT, AND LAUGHLIN, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375
Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, COOPER AND SILVER, PROF. PAPER 41
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