The American Mine is a silver, gold, silica, lead, and copper mine located in Cochise county, Arizona.
About the MRDS Data:
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:
Commodity: Silver, Gold, Silica, Lead, Copper
Lat, Long: 32.21472, -110.24806
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American Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: American Mine
Secondary: War Eagle
Secondary: La Ventia
Secondary: American Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silica
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Yellowstone District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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: La Vantia Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Quartz-Sericite-Pyrite Alteration, Pyrite Gossan
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Barite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Specularite
Gangue: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Location): E. CENTER SEC. 13. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Production): FROM DUMP; DEVELOPED UNDERGROUND IN 1890' S FOR AU & AG.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IN A THRUST PLANE IN GRANODIORITE. LOCAL CONCENTRATIONS OF SPECULARITE.
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT, S68E, 55NE, IS AT LEAST 100 FT DEEP. WORKINGS FLOODED IN 1964
Comment (Deposit): JASPEROID ZONE FORMING IN LIMESTONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S., 1973, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 187.
Reference (Deposit): COOPER & SILVER, 1964, DRAGOON QUAD: USGS PP. 416, P. 161.
Reference (Deposit): SILVER AND DEUTSCH, 1963, N.Y. ACADEMY OF SCIENCE ANNALS, V. 91, P. 279-283.
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973.
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