The Easter Mine is a tungsten mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,501 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: 4,501 Feet (1,372 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 31.51333, -111.39333
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Easter Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Easter Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Easter 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: Brouse, William J.
Owner Name: Don Lieberman Enterprises, Inc.
Production
Year: 1956
Time Period: 1951-1956
Material type: CONC W
Description: Cp_Grade: ^77% Wo3
Year: 1942
Time Period: 1939-1942
Material type: ORE W
Description: Cp_Grade: ^1.5 Oz Au/Ton, 4.5 Oz Ag/Ton, 2.3% Cu, Trace Pb
Year: 1952
Material type: CONC W
Description: Ap_Grade: ^77% Wo3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1941
Year Last Production: 1942
Discovery Year: 1929
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: NARROW
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hematite And Limonite Stains
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SPARSE PARTICLES OF SCHEELITE, RANGING IN SIZE FROM SMALL GRAINS TO MASSES WEIGHING OVER 10 POUNDS ARE SPORADICALLY DISTRIBUTED IN SERIES OF VEINS.
Comment (Commodity): ORIGINALLY LOCATED FOR MEAGER GOLD SHOWING.
Comment (Production): SMALL PRODUCTION; 2700 LBS OF HIGH GRADE FLOAT FROM THE SURFACE IN 1951 OR 1952
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED J.W. BROUSE, EASTER MINING CO
Comment (Workings): A FEW SHALLOW PITS AND TRENCHES.
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS INFORMATION FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000800 WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Geology): NEAR GRANITE-SEDIMENT,VOLCANICS CONTACT.
References
Reference (Deposit): DALE AND OTHERS, 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF COCHISE, PIMA, AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES:USBM RI 5650
Reference (Deposit): KEITH,S.B.,1974:ABM BULLETIN 189, P.105.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): (8)KEITH,1974. (9)DALE,1961. HEYLMUN, 1987, P. 73.
Reference (Deposit): HEYLMUN, E.B., 1987, THE SAN LUIS MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA: CALIFORNIA MINING JOURNAL, V. 56, NO, 10, P. 71-75.
Reference (Deposit): 1957 RECON USBM RI 5650
Reference (Deposit): DALE, STEWART AND MCKINNEY, 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF COCHISE, PIMA, AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES: USBM RI 5650
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