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Austerlitz Mine

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039540
MRDS ID M050243
Record type Site
Current site name Austerlitz Mine
Related records 10113207

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.26791, 31.4668 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311
Relative position ABOUT .75 MILES SOUTH OF ORO BLANCO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bartlett Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Atascosa Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio De La Concepcion(hydrologic unit)

Rio De La Concepcion(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sonora(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 022S 010E 36 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification; Qtz-Ser-Pyr ; Weak Wall Rock Alteration

Analytical data

Result CRAWFORD STOPE 55 SAMPLES AVERAGED - .083 OZ/ TON AU
Result 6.04 OZ/TON AG. (FROM PRIVATE REPORT)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Oro Blanco Formation;Cobre Ridge Tugg;Sidewinder Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Oro Blanco Formation;Cobre Ridge Tugg;Sidewinder Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.26791, 31.4668
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Block Faulting.
Type of structure Local
Structure description N65e Striking, 40 To 80 N Dipping Faults Offset - Mineralization & Dikes

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike NORTHWEST
    Dip 6 TO 31 DEG. NE
    Width 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Structure Control Unknown - But Caused Intense Crackling And Brecciation Of Tuff & Replacement By Quartz. Fault & Contact Of Cobre Ridge Tuff & Oro Blanco Fm.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SILICIFIED ZONES ARE A MYRIAD OF THIN WHITE QUARTZ VEINLETS AND STRINGERS WITH PYRITE IN SILICIFIED TUFF.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1865
Year of first production 1912
Year of last production 1963
Production years D1-1912-14; D2-1940'S/ D3-1960'S? ; D4-1912-1963

Mining district

District name Oro Blanco District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Platoro Corp.
    First year 1963

Comments on the production information

  • D1-FROM BLIND ORESHOOT (CRAWFORD STOPE) DISCOVERED IN 1912; D2 - 2 CARLOADS OF OXIDIZED ORE FROM BARCKLEY STOPE; D3-FEW TONS FOR TESTS AS SMELTER FLUX

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 39.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS FROM 3 SHAFTS (2 REFILLED) AND 2 LEVELS.

Comments on development

  • PAST OPERATORS INCLUDE ORO BLANCO MINING CO. (1949), ARTHUR NOON (1916, 1922, 1942), F.B. CANEZ (1939-41), FORD WOODWORTH (1913), MITCHELL AND SELLBURG (1936)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KNIGHT, L.H., JR., 1970, ORO BLANCO DISTRICT: UNIV. ARIZ. PH.D.-THESIS.

  • Deposit

    MILTON, M.C., 1913, ORO BLANCO DISTRICT: EMJ, V. 96, P. 1006.

  • Deposit

    WILSON ET AL, 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES: ABM BULL. 137.

  • Deposit

    YEEND, WARREN, 1973.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ CO., ARIZ.: ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL 191, P. 62.y

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    KNIGHT LHJR 1970; ALSO WILSON ETAL 1934 ; ABM FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION GIVEN FOR CRAWFORD ORE SHOOT - THE MOST PRODUCTIVE SILICIFIED ZONE. OXIDATION AND SUPERGENE ENRICHMENT PRODUCED LIMITED, RICH, NEAR SURFACE ORE. AUSTERLITZ MINE HAS 2 TYPES OF MINERALIZATION: 1) QUARTZ SULFIDE VEINS 2) SILICIFIED ZONES - MINERALIZATION OCCURRED BEFORE INTRUSION OF SIDE WINDER DIKES WHICH TOTALLY SURROUND MINERALIZED AREA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1972 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1982 Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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