State of Texas Mine

The State of Texas Mine is a zinc mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,801 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

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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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