Nevada and Mascot Mines

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Tungsten, Uranium
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039621
MRDS ID M050511
Record type Site
Current site name Nevada and Mascot Mines
Alternate or previous names Galen & Newman
Related records 10280504

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.42928, 31.77319 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position APPROX. 1 1/2 MI. SE OF GRANITE PEAK IN THE WHETSTONE MOUNTAINS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Apache Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(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 Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 019S 019E 20,21 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.42928, 31.77319

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1955
Year of last production 1959

Mining district

District name Mine Canyon District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Galen And Newman, Mascot Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • ORE PRODUCED IN 1955, 1956, AND 1959.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW ADIT AND PITS.

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS ALSO INCLUDED PURSLEY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 91

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE VISIBLE CU IS IN THE TACTITE ZONE ALONG THE NORTH BOUNDARY OF THE GRANODIORITE - OBSERVED CPY-MAG, CPY-SCARN, MAG-SCARN ASSEMBLAGES. SAW NO PY; AND VERY LITTLE QTZ VEINLETS. ALTHOUGH NEW JERSEY ZINC DRILLED THE GRANODIORITE ALONG THE CONTACT LOOKING FOR A PORPHYRY COPPER, THERE WERE VERY FEW SIGNS OF TYPICAL HYDROTHERMAL-SILICATE ALTERATION, VERY FEW QTZ VEINS VIRTUALLY NO INDICATION OF DISSEMINATION. (S. C. CREASEY) . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit ORE ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY DIKES CUTTING LARAMIDE GRANODIORITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-72 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-80 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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