The Hawk Group Hillside Group is a tungsten 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
Lat, Long: 32.05528, -110.08833
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Hawk Group Hillside Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hawk Group Hillside Group
Secondary: Hawk Shaft
Secondary: Wein Claims
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Bluebird 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: J. J. Wien
Home Office: Benson, Az.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1898
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: VEIN
Structure
Type: L
Description: Small Faults And Shears.
Type: R
Description: Tertiary Block Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N To Nw Trending Folds And Thrust Faulting Overriding To Ne.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 53.000000+-
Age Young: Tertiary
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
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Production): 1933-1939 5 TONS OF CONCENTRATES PRODUCED. 1939-1943 SEVERAL TONS CONCENTRATE PRODUCED.
Comment (Deposit): PLACER DEPOSITS ALSO WORKED. OTHER SMALLER EN ECHELON VEINS STRIKING N 70 E, USUALLY LESS THAN 1 FT. WIDE.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ VEINS CUT QUARTZ MONZONITE. CLEAR CUT CONTACTS . VEINS ARE CHARACTERISTICALLY SHEARED, HAVING STRIAE RAKING 25 TO 50 NE. REVERSE (?) AND RIGHT LATERAL MOVEMENT ALONG N 38E STRIKING VEIN. LAMPROPHYRE DIKES CUT VEINS. SOME EN ECHELON VEINS.
References
Reference (Deposit): COOPER, J. R. AND SILVER, L. T. 1964, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 416.
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1941, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN148, P. 43.
Reference (Deposit): LIVINGSTON, MAUGER, BENNETT, AND LAUGHLIN, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375
Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, COOPER AND SILVER, PROF. PAPER 416
Reference (Production): COOPER AND SILVER, 1964
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