The Burrell Claims is a tungsten mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,610 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,610 Feet (1,405 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 32.0275, -110.06722
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Burrell Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Burrell Claims
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Cochise District
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Lynn Burrell
Home Office: Dragoon, Az.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1915
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: VEIN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Tertiary Block Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N To Nw Trending Folds And Thrust Faults Overriding To Ne.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 53.000000+-
Age Young: Tertiary
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Commodity): CUPROTUNGSITE NOTED.
Comment (Production): BEFORE WWI SMALL SHIPMENTS OF COPPER SILVER ORE. 100 LB TUNGSTEN ORE. IN 1940, 400 LBS SCHEELITE CONCENTRATES.
Comment (Workings): ALSO SHALLOW CUTS AND NUMEROUS SMALL PITS.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: VEIN IS COARSELY CRYSTALLINE GRAYISH-WHITE QUARTZ, BUFF TO BROWN CALCITE, IRREGULAR GRAINS OF SCHEELITE AND LOCAL CONCENTRATIONS OF ECONOMIC SULFIDES. VEINS CUT HORQUILLA LIMESTONE.
References
Reference (Deposit): COOPER, J.R., AND SILVER, L.T., 1964, U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PROF. PAPER 416.
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1941, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 148.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 55.
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 416
Reference (Production): COOPER AND SILVER, 1964
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