The Dogwater Mine is a lead mine located in Graham county, Arizona.
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Dogwater Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dogwater Mine
Secondary: Silver Cable Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Graham
District: Aravaipa District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Block Faulting Trending Nnw; Minor Pre-Cretaceous E To Ne Trending Folds
Type: L
Description: Waterfall Canyon Fault Offsetting Grand Reef Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification In Fault Breccia, Strong Alteration To White Clay M Inerals
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 25.000000+-
Age Young: Tertiary
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Anglesite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Location): IN SANTA TERESA MOUNTAINS
Comment (Production): 160 TONS OF CONCENTRATES; ONLY KNOWN PRODUCTION IS PART OF A 117 T ON SHIPMENT OF WHICH PART CAME FROM GRAND REEF AND ARAVAIPA MINES
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050154 WITH RE CORD M030460 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Workings): DOGWATER ADIT 140 FT LONG, SMALL STOPE TO SURFACE, SHORT WINZE; S ILVER CABLE ADIT A FEW HUNDRED LONG WITH STOPES. SILVER CABLE ADIT IS 250 FT NNE OF DOGWATER ADIT
Comment (Geology): WULFENITE OCCURS IN VEINS UP TO 1 INCH THICK, MAY BE HYPOGENE MINE RAL
References
Reference (Deposit): SIMONS, 1964, USGS PP 461, 173 P.
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, 1925, USGS BULL 763, 120 P.
Reference (Deposit): DENTON, 1947, USBM RI 4007
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, 1950, ABM BULL 156
Reference (Production): SIMONS, 1964
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