The Donna Anna Veins is a tungsten mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,151 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: 5,151 Feet (1,570 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 32.09722, -110.07611
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Donna Anna Veins MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Donna Anna Veins
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Cochise 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Coronado Copper And Zinc Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1882
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: Tert Block Faulting Trending Nnw, Lcret Or Etert N-Nw Trending Fold S & Thrusts
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 53.000000+-
Age Young: Tertiary
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Huebnerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Powellite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050025 WITH RE CORD M030571 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): 1.8 KM SW OF REPUBLIC MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Production): SMALL PRODUCTION OF TUNGSTEN ORE, LARGELY FROM PLACER OPERATION PR IOR TO 1919
Comment (Deposit): ONE FISSURE INTERMITTENTLY MINERALIZED FOR 3500 FT.
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS. SOME SHORT DRIFTS. LARGEST OPEN CUT IS 20 FT DEEP
Comment (Geology): VEINS OFTEN PARALLEL SCHISTOSITY, BUT SOMETIMES CROSS IT
References
Reference (Deposit): COOPER & SILVER, 1964, USGS PP 416
Reference (Deposit): LIVINGSTON ET AL, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1973, ABM BULL 187
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973; COOPER & SILVER, 1964
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