The Rough Mountain Quartz Vein is a quartz mine located in Cochise county, Arizona.
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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Rough Mountain Quartz Vein MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rough Mountain Quartz Vein
Commodity
Primary: Quartz
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): IN DOS CABEZAS MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA.
Comment (Deposit): THE VEIN IS FLAT-LYING AND EXPOSED NEAR THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN.
Comment (Commodity): QUARTZ IS SUITABLE AS FLUX FOR CU SMELTING.
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): DREWES AND OTHERS, 1986
Reference (Deposit): DREWES, HARALD, ABRAMS, G.A., HASSEMER, J.R., AND ZELTEN, J.E., 1986, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE DOS CABEZAS MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1703D, 27 P
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