Wakefield Group

The Wakefield Group is a tungsten, gold, and silver mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,276 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: Wakefield Group
Secondary: Blue Jay Claim
Secondary: Jack Wakefield
Secondary: Covellite

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead

Location

State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Hartford 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.
Administrative Organization: Coronado National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Jack Wakefield Mining Co.
Home Office: Patagonia, Az.
Years: 1943 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1896
Year Last Production: 1944
Discovery Year: 1896
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: IRREGULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): TUNGSTEN VEIN APPARENTLY SEPARATE FROM AU-AG CU VEIN. IRREGULAR QUARTZ VEIN CONTAINING SPOTTY GOLD AND SILVER VALUES WITH MINOR AMOUNTS OF CHALCOPYRITE AND GALENA AND SPORADIC, DISSEMINATED SCHEELITE WITH SOME HIGH-GRADE POCKETS IN A QUARTZ ZONE ALONG THE CONTACT OF THE GLANCE CONGLOMERATE WITH THE MORITA FM, BOTH MEMBERS OF THE BISBEE GROUP.

Comment (Production): SOME 100 OR MORE TONS OF GOLD-SILVER ORE PRODUCED INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1896 TO 1940 AND ABOUT 10 TONS OF TUNGSTEN ORE IN 1943-1944.

Comment (Workings): SURFACE, ADIT AND SHAFT WORKINGS.

Comment (Geology): ORE IN A QUARTZ ZONE ALONG BISBEE GROUP CONTACT OF GLANCE CONGLOMERATE WITH MORITA FORMATION. ; GEOL.DESC: MORITA FM. & ANDESITE OF GLANCE CONGLOMERATE.

Comment (Commodity): MINE AREA HAS BOTH AG-AU - CU QUARTZ VEINS & W-QUARTZ VEINS

References

Reference (Deposit): DALE ETAL, 1960: USBM RI 5660.

Reference (Deposit): HAYES & RAUP 1968, MAP I 509.

Reference (Deposit): SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 67.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187

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