The Texas Mine Group is a lead, silver, tungsten, and copper mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,501 feet.
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: 4,501 Feet (1,372 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Tungsten, Copper
Lat, Long: 31.94444, -109.13222
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Texas Mine Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Texas Mine Group
Secondary: Kentucky Bell
Secondary: Boston Belle
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: California District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Neese, Carroll S. And Vickers, E. F.
Years: 1960 -
Owner Name: Texas Consolidated Mng And Smlting Co
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1880
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: BANDS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Near Intersection Of Two Faults, One N55w, Dip 86ne, One E-W, Dip 58n, Porphyry Intrusion Trends Nw
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyrometamorphosed Limestone
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Tremolite
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Location): CENTRAL SEC 13, UTM EST
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT, ADIT, AND SHAFT WORKINGS
Comment (Deposit): MINING CAMP CALLED GALEYVILLE . SEE GALEYVILLE AND SILVER HILL FOR ADJOINING MINE DESCRIPTIONS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Commodity): BASE METAL CARBONATES AND SULFIDES
Comment (Production): SOME 50 OR MORE TONS OF ORE PRODUCED IN THE LATE 1880'S AND ONE SMALL LOT MINED IN 1937.
Comment (Deposit): ORE IN FAULT ZONES IN TACTITE BANDS IN LIMESTONE ALONG INTRUSIVE PORPHYRY CONTACT.
Comment (Geology): ORE IN FAULT ZONES IN TACTITE BANDS IN LIMESTONE ALONG INTRUSIVE PORPHYRY CONTACT
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 54.
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES
Reference (Deposit): USBM RI 5650, 1960, P. 14-15
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.
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