The Comstock Lode Mine is a tungsten, lead, and silver mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,800 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: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten, Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 32.29, -109.67250
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Comstock Lode Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Comstock Lode Mine
Secondary: Cohen
Secondary: Adams
Secondary: Tyrone Mng Co
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Teviston 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Tyrone Mining Co
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1944
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: VEINS, VEINLETS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidized Iron And Lead Minerals
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS, PITS, SHORT ADITS, AND SHALLOW SHAFTS.
Comment (Location): E CENTRAL SEC 22. UTM EST
Comment (Commodity): SOME LOW GRADE TUNGSTEN PLACERS.
Comment (Production): A FEW TONS OF ORE MINED IN THE 1950'S.
Comment (Development): DISCOVERED IN 1944 AND EXPLORED SPORATICALLY UNTIL 1956
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN AND VEINLETS, TRENDING EAST AND DIPPING SOUTH IN THE QUARTZ DIORITE-MONZONITE COWBOY PLUTON (59 M.Y.). SOME TUNGSTEN PLACERS.
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. 25-26.
Reference (Deposit): COOPER, J. R., 1960, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-231.
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULL 187, P 72.
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