Hawk Group Hillside Group

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

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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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