The Austerlitz Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,301 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,301 Feet (1,311 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.46667, -111.26722
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Austerlitz Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Austerlitz Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Oro Blanco 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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Platoro Corp.
Years: 1963 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1912
Year Last Production: 1963
Discovery Year: 1865
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: LENS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Block Faulting.
Type: L
Description: N65e Striking, 40 To 80 N Dipping Faults Offset - Mineralization & Dikes
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification; Qtz-Ser-Pyr ; Weak Wall Rock Alteration
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 6.04 OZ/TON AG. (FROM PRIVATE REPORT)
Analytical Data: CRAWFORD STOPE 55 SAMPLES AVERAGED - .083 OZ/ TON AU
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Production): D1-FROM BLIND ORESHOOT (CRAWFORD STOPE) DISCOVERED IN 1912; D2 - 2 CARLOADS OF OXIDIZED ORE FROM BARCKLEY STOPE; D3-FEW TONS FOR TESTS AS SMELTER FLUX
Comment (Development): PAST OPERATORS INCLUDE ORO BLANCO MINING CO. (1949), ARTHUR NOON (1916, 1922, 1942), F.B. CANEZ (1939-41), FORD WOODWORTH (1913), MITCHELL AND SELLBURG (1936)
Comment (Deposit): INFORMATION GIVEN FOR CRAWFORD ORE SHOOT - THE MOST PRODUCTIVE SILICIFIED ZONE. OXIDATION AND SUPERGENE ENRICHMENT PRODUCED LIMITED, RICH, NEAR SURFACE ORE. AUSTERLITZ MINE HAS 2 TYPES OF MINERALIZATION: 1) QUARTZ SULFIDE VEINS 2) SILICIFIED ZONES - MINERALIZATION OCCURRED BEFORE INTRUSION OF SIDE WINDER DIKES WHICH TOTALLY SURROUND MINERALIZED AREA.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS FROM 3 SHAFTS (2 REFILLED) AND 2 LEVELS.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SILICIFIED ZONES ARE A MYRIAD OF THIN WHITE QUARTZ VEINLETS AND STRINGERS WITH PYRITE IN SILICIFIED TUFF.
References
Reference (Deposit): KNIGHT, L.H., JR., 1970, ORO BLANCO DISTRICT: UNIV. ARIZ. PH.D.-THESIS.
Reference (Deposit): MILTON, M.C., 1913, ORO BLANCO DISTRICT: EMJ, V. 96, P. 1006.
Reference (Deposit): WILSON ET AL, 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES: ABM BULL. 137.
Reference (Deposit): YEEND, WARREN, 1973.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ CO., ARIZ.: ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL 191, P. 62.y
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): KNIGHT LHJR 1970; ALSO WILSON ETAL 1934 ; ABM FILE DATA
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