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
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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