Mascot Mine

The Mascot Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,640 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Mascot Mine
Secondary: Tout Group
Secondary: Includes: Central Copper, Iron Tower, Mascot No. 1,
Secondary: Consolidated Tunnel, Bachelder Group

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Beryllium

Location

State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Mascot District

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: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Edwin I. Tout

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1908
Year Last Production: 1967
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: BUNCHES, IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Overall Palezoic Strike Is E-W, Broken Up By Cret-Paleo Faulting And Intrusions

Type: L
Description: Fractured And Faulted Blocks Of Pyrometamorphosed Pal Limestone And Cret Shale & Volcanics. Cret-Paleo Granitic Inntrusives At Mascot Shaft And To South. Dikes Of Diabase And Rhyolite Throughout Area. Fissure System Is Generally Striking E-W

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Bornite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Production): PRINCIPAL PRODUCTION OCCURRED BETWEEN 1908 AND 1928

Comment (Development): GROUP INCLUDES 32 PATENTED AND 56 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. OPERATORS INCLUDED AMERICAN SMELTING AND REDUCTION CO, CENTRAL COPPER CO, PICKRATH AND IRVIN, UTEX EXPLORATION CO, MASCOT COPPER CO., ARIVACA MINING CO.

Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR MAIN MASCOT SHAFT. GROUP OF CLAIMS INCLUDES N 1/2 OF SEC 21, S 1/2 OF SEC 16 AND ELMA MINE, CENTER SECTION 9 ELMA IS IN DRAINAGE AREA 15040006 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Workings): LONG TUNNELS AND CROSSCUTS, 2 SHAFTS - ELMA, CONSOLIDATED, PLUS MASCOT TUNNEL. DESCRIPTION ABOVE DOES NOT INCLUDE ELMA. MOST WORKINGS ON 200 FT AND 400 FT LEVELS. ONE TUNNEL 2100 FT ANOTHER 1700 FT LONG.

Comment (Geology): SIMILAR TO OTHER MINES IN DISTRICT AS CRET SHALE IS PYROMETAMORPHOSED - MORE COMPLEX HERE BECAUSE OF VARIOUS INTRUSIVE & VOLCANIC ROCKS OF CRET-PALEO AGE. SIMILAR E-W TRENDING FISSURES TO REST OF DISTRICT

Comment (Deposit): VARIOUS IRREGULAR BODIES FROM 10 FT X 30 FT TO 100 FT X 100 FT. MOST BODIES ELIPTICAL IN OUTLINE MOSTLY IN NARROW VEINS, WITH ASSOCIATED DISSEMINATIONS. VEINS, REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS, AND DISSEMINATIONS IN FAULT BLOCKS OF CONTACT-METASOMATIZED PALEOZOIC LIMESTONE IN CRETACEOUS OR TERTIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS INTRUDED BY LARAMIDE GRANITE PLUTONS.

References

Reference (Deposit): ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 187, P. 62

Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): ELSING, M. J., AND HEINEMAN, R. E. S., 1936, ABM ECONOMIC SERIES 19, BULL. 140, P. 91.

Reference (Deposit): MOORE, R. T., AND ROSEVEARE, G. H., 1969, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: U.S. 90TH CONGRESS, 2ND SESSION, SENATE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS, P. 257, 259.

Reference (Deposit): MEEVES, H. C., 1966, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS RI-6828, P. 15, 56.

Reference (Deposit): COOPER, J. R., 1960, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-231.

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