The Three Musketeers Mine is a tungsten mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,624 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: 1,624 Feet (495 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 33.8433, -113.77330
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Three Musketeers Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Three Musketeers Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Ellsworth District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Wreggit, R.(Transverse Mines Inc.)
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Arizona
Info Year: 1982
Production
Year: 1978
Time Period: 1951-1978
Mined: 1322.770 mt
Material type: ore
Description: Produced Off And On 1951-1978. 1200 St Ore
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Gravity
Year First Production: 1951
Discovery Year: 1951
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Biotite
Unknown: Sericite
Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Muscovite
Unknown: Hornblende
Unknown: Feldspar
Unknown: Epidote
Unknown: Dolomite
Unknown: Chlorite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Gold
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): THE ABOVE RESERVE FIGURE WAS OBTAINED FROM THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY DURING A FIELD VISIT ON MAY 18, 1982. THE OWNE CONSIDERS THE ABOVE FIGURE RELIABLE RESERVES ESTIMATED FROM DRILL DATA AND EXPLORATION OF THE EXISTING MINE WORKINGS. THE ABOVE ESTIMATE HAS BEEN INFERRED BY THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, AND IS BASED ON LIMITED DATA. FURTHER DRILLING IS NEEDED BEFORE THE RELIABILITY OF THIS FIGURE CAN BE CONFIRMED. THE GRADE SHOWN FOR AU HAS BEEN ROUNDED; IT IS ACTUALLY 0.00154
Comment (Deposit): THIS STRIKE AND DIP SHOWN IS ONLY ONE OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT ATTITUDES OF THE OREBODIES. OTHER STRIKE AND DIPS INCLUDE N50-56E, 50-70SE; N70-75E, 50-60SE; E, 40S; AND N80W, 55SW.
Comment (Economic Factors): THERE WILL BE NO WASTE OR SURFACE MATERIAL EXCAVATED AT THE PROPERTY, ACCORDING TO THE OWNER. MOST OF THE ORE COMPRISES TWO SMALL MOUNTAINS. A THIN LAYER OF ALLUVIUM IS PRESENT AT SEVERAL LOW AREAS, BUT SOME ADDITIONAL GRADING DURING ROAD CONSTRUCTION WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO REMOVE THIS MATERIAL. IR THE ORE RESERVES IN Q-MATRIX 2 ARE CONFIRMED, LONGHOLE STOPING WILL PROBABLY BE EMPLOYED FOR MINING MOST OF THE ORE
References
Reference (Geology): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. DMEA-2858 REPORT, 1954.
Reference (Deposit): STANTON K.B. INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA CO.
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA, BULLETIN 192, ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND
Reference (Deposit): MINERAL TECHNOLOGY, 1978, P. 36-39, 149.
Reference (Production): ZADRA, J.B. MILLING AND PROCESSING TUNGSTEN, U.S. BUREAU OF
Reference (Geology): DALE, V.B. TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF YUMA, MARICOPA, PINAL, AND
Reference (Production): MINES, IC-7912, 1959, P.11, 14-17, 24, 32-39, 46-49.
Reference (Geology): GRAHAM COUNTIES, ARIZONA, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, RI-5516
Reference (Geology): 1959, P. 2-3, 11-15.
Reference (Geology): WILSON, E.D. TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA, ARIZONA BUREAU
Reference (Geology): OF MINES, GEOLOGICAL SERIES NO. 14, BULLETIN NO. 148,
Reference (Geology): APRIL 1, 1941, P. 9-10.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): WREGGIT, R. OWNER-OPERATOR OF THE THREE MUSKETEERS PROPERTY,
Reference (Reserve-Resource): VISITED BY EVALUATER, MAY 18, 1982.
Reference (Workings): HOSKINS, J.R., W.R. GREEN. MINERAL INDUSTRY COSTS, NORTH-
Reference (Workings): WEST MINING ASSOCIATION, JULY, 1978, P. 6-8.
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