Texas Mine Group

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

Name: Texas Mine Group  

State:  Arizona

County:  Cochise

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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