Donna Anna Veins

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

Name: Donna Anna Veins  

State:  Arizona

County:  Cochise

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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