The Austin Mine is a gold and tungsten mine located in Cochise county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
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Austin Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Austin Mine
Secondary: Includes: Austin
Secondary: Chance No. 7 and No. 8 Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Teviston District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1900
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: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): SAMPLES FROM CONTACT ZONE ASSAYED 0.95-3.24% WO3 OVER WIDTHS OF 5-60 CM. SCHEELITE CONTAINS PB.
Comment (Development): LOCATED IN 1900 FOR GOLD. SCHEELITE DISCOVERED IN 1943.
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN (E-W) AND VEINLETS ALONG FAULT SEPARATING PALEOZOIC LIMESTONES ON SOUTH, FROM PRECAMBRIAN SCHISTS. MINERALIZATION CONCENTRATED AT LIMESTONE-QUARTZ VEIN CONTACT.
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY SHAFT 26 M. DEEP AND ADIT 67 M. LONG
References
Reference (Deposit): DALE, V. B., STEWART, L. A., AND MCKINNEY, W. A., 1960, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS RI-5650, P. 23-24.
Reference (Deposit): COOPER, J. R., 1960, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-231.
Reference (Deposit): DMEA 3852
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