The State of Texas Mine is a zinc mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,801 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: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc
Lat, Long: 31.35139, -110.27306
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State of Texas Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: State of Texas Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Hartford 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Sparks, Grace M.
Years: 1960 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1897
Year Last Production: 1947
Discovery Year: 1889
Discovery Method: 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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Local Flexures And Faults Numerous. Two Fissure Zones N80w, Vertical, Are Associated With Best Developed Mineralization
Type: L
Description: Low Angle, Steep Reverse Faulting Has Thrust Older Rocks Over Cretaceous Sandstone This Fault Dips 20s. Anticline (Plunges N).
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): MITCHELL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OWNED MINE IN 1900'S.
Comment (Deposit): TWO PATENTED AND FOUR UNPATENTED CLAIMS, 1959. REPLACED FAVORABLE PORTIONS OF IMPURE LIMESTONE WITHIN ARCH OF NORTHWARD PLUNGING LOW ANTICLINE
Comment (Workings): ANOTHER SHAFT 28 FT DEEP. SOME OPEN CUTS OF LIMITED EXTENT. LENGTH OF WORKINGS ESTIMATED.
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D003253 OF J. WILLIAM HASLER AND K.S. BOLM WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Geology): AGE OF HOST LIMESTONE IS GIVEN AS CARBONIFEROUS IN ARIZONA B. OR M. BULLETIN 158. ASSEMBLAGES NOTED: SPH-CPY-GARNET; CHLORITE-SPECULARITE; CPY-QTZ-CARB, QTZ-SERICITE-PY VEINLETS IN QUARTZ MONZONITE ADJACENT TO TACTITE ZONE.
Comment (Location): TWO SHAFTS, 3 ADITS, AND SEVERAL OTHER WORKINGS AT END OF ROAD LEADING UP FROM MONTEZUMA CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT 187, P. 67.
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 158, P 38-39.
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