The Arrow Mine Group is a gold and tungsten mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,250 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: 6,250 Feet (1,905 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Tungsten
Lat, Long: 31.48222, -110.42278
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Arrow Mine Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Arrow Mine Group
Secondary: Lucky Day
Secondary: East Wind
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Hartford 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
Not available
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
Form: POCKETS, IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Contact
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Metamorphism, Partially Oxidized Ores.
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Lead
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE IN QUARTZ VEINS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONTACT OF A MICROGRANODIORITE DIKE CUTTING SEDIMENTARY ROCKS.
Comment (Location): SW 1/4 SEC 28 UTM EST
Comment (Production): A SMALL AMOUNT OF GOLD ORE PRODUCED IN THE EARLY 1900'S AND SOME TUNGSTEN ORE PRODUCED DURING WORLD WAR I.
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW NEAR-SURFACE WORKINGS
Comment (Geology): ORE IN QUARTZ VEINS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONTACT OF A MICRO GRANODIORITE DIKE CUTTING SEDIMENTARY ROCKS.
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 65
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.
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