American Mine

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

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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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