Augusta Mine

Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048357
MRDS ID M899946
Record type Site
Current site name Augusta Mine
Related records 10258982

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.73206, 31.44097 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position 2.5 MILES SW OF HARSHAW

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harshaw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(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 023S 016E 17 NW OF NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • BETWEEN ENDLESS CHAIN AND BLUE NOSE MINES, ABOUT 1/4 MILE WEST OF HARSHAW CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Surface Oxidation Produces Enriched Silver Chlorides Near Surface

Analytical data

Result EARLY 1900'S ORE VALUES AVERAGED 57% PB, 10% ZN, 40 OZ/TON AG,0.2 OZ/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Rock unit name Bisbee Formation
    Rock description Bisbee Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.73206, 31.44097

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Rhyolite Dikes Cut Sediments Ini Region And Appear To Be Responsible For Mineralization
Type of structure Local
Structure description Sedimentary Beds Strike Approximately N-S And Dip 15w

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Group Of Parallel Stringers In Folded Cretaceous Sediments

Comments on the geologic information

  • BISBEE FORMATION IS COMMONLY HORNFELSED AND PORPHYRITIC

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1878

Mining district

District name Harshaw District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTEDLY PRODUCED SOME 100 TONS OF ORE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 33.53M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDED A 110-FT. SHAFT WITH SEVERAL DRIFTS

Comments on development

  • MINE RELOCATED IN 1905

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT FORMS A COMPOUND VEIN OR GROUP OF PARALLEL STRINGERS; VEIN IS NARROW ANDIRREGULAR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1982 Calder, Susan R. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.