Elephant Butte Mine

The Elephant Butte Mine is a tungsten mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,598 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: Elephant Butte Mine

State:  Arizona

County:  Pinal

Elevation: 2,598 Feet (792 Meters)

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 33.33361, -111.27722

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Elephant Butte Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Elephant Butte Mine


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Copper


Location

State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Florence Junction Area


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

Not available


Production

Year: 1951
Time Period: After 1951
Material type: W ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^10% Wo3 - Given To Rock Hounds


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1951
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Copper
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Feldspar
Gangue: Muscovite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Deposit): ORE IN DISCONTINUOUS PARALLEL VEINS CONFORMABLE TO BEDDING CLEAVAGE

Comment (Deposit): SOME PREVIOUS REPORTS INCLUDE BOTH THIS MINE AND THE WHETROCKS MINE IN THE RANDOLPH DISTRICT, 6 MILES EAST ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Production): PRODUCED 0.5 TONS OF ORE OF GRADE ESTIMATED AT 10 PERCENT WO3

Comment (Development): 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. ELEPHANT COPPER CO. WAS OPERATOR

Comment (Workings): 40 FT SHAFT, SEVERAL 10 FT DEEP PITS AND SEVERAL TRENCHES AND OPEN CUTS , ONLY ONE POCKET OF ORE HAS BEEN WORKED TO A DEPTH OF 10 FT

Comment (Geology): DIABASE SILLS AND DIKES IN 1977 CRIB REPORT BY J. WILLIAM HASLER


References

Reference (Production): DALE, 1959

Reference (Deposit): J. WILLIAM HASLER, 1977 CRIB FILE

Reference (Deposit): USBM RI 5516, 1959, P. 47-48


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