Three Musketeers Mine

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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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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