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Mascot Mine

Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Iron, Bismuth, Beryllium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  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 10109857
MRDS ID M800325
Record type Site
Current site name Mascot Mine
Alternate or previous names Tout Group, Includes: Central Copper, Iron Tower, Mascot No. 1,, Consolidated Tunnel, Bachelder Group
Related records 10185400

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.59093, 32.2079 (WGS84)
Elevation 2024
Relative position 2 MILES NE OF DOS CABEZAS, 1 1/2 MILES SE OF DOS CABEZAS PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dos Cabezas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willcox Playa(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 014S 027E 16,21,15 S2 (16); NE (21); SW4 (15) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 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)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Iron Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.59093, 32.2079
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Overall Palezoic Strike Is E-W, Broken Up By Cret-Paleo Faulting And Intrusions
Type of structure Local
Structure 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

Ore body information

  • General form BUNCHES, IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • E-W Faulting Intresecting Ns Diabase Dikes

Comments on the geologic information

  • 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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1908
Year of last production 1967

Mining district

District name Mascot District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Edwin I. Tout

Comments on the production information

  • PRINCIPAL PRODUCTION OCCURRED BETWEEN 1908 AND 1928

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 13411.2M
    Overall depth 182.88M
    Overall length 640.08M
    Overall width 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • 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.

Comments on 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.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 187, P. 62

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ELSING, M. J., AND HEINEMAN, R. E. S., 1936, ABM ECONOMIC SERIES 19, BULL. 140, P. 91.

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    MEEVES, H. C., 1966, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS RI-6828, P. 15, 56.

  • Deposit

    COOPER, J. R., 1960, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-231.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Gest, Don E. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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