The Nevada and Mascot Mines is a gold, silver, and copper mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,400 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: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 31.77306, -110.42861
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Nevada and Mascot Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Nevada and Mascot Mines
Secondary: Galen & Newman
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Mine Canyon 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: Galen And Newman, Mascot Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1955
Year Last Production: 1959
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
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE VISIBLE CU IS IN THE TACTITE ZONE ALONG THE NORTH BOUNDARY OF THE GRANODIORITE - OBSERVED CPY-MAG, CPY-SCARN, MAG-SCARN ASSEMBLAGES. SAW NO PY; AND VERY LITTLE QTZ VEINLETS. ALTHOUGH NEW JERSEY ZINC DRILLED THE GRANODIORITE ALONG THE CONTACT LOOKING FOR A PORPHYRY COPPER, THERE WERE VERY FEW SIGNS OF TYPICAL HYDROTHERMAL-SILICATE ALTERATION, VERY FEW QTZ VEINS VIRTUALLY NO INDICATION OF DISSEMINATION. (S. C. CREASEY) . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Production): ORE PRODUCED IN 1955, 1956, AND 1959.
Comment (Development): OPERATORS ALSO INCLUDED PURSLEY
Comment (Deposit): ORE ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY DIKES CUTTING LARAMIDE GRANODIORITE.
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW ADIT AND PITS.
References
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 91
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