Austin Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097928
MRDS ID D011804
Record type Site
Current site name Austin Mine
Alternate or previous names Includes: Austin, Chance No. 7 and No. 8 Claims
Related records 10258798

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.52148, 32.19595 (WGS84)

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
014S 028E 30 NE4 Arizona

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAMPLES FROM CONTACT ZONE ASSAYED 0.95-3.24% WO3 OVER WIDTHS OF 5-60 CM. SCHEELITE CONTAINS PB.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Concentrated At Limestone-Quartz Vein Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Mining district

District name Teviston District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 26M
    Overall length 61.26M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY SHAFT 26 M. DEEP AND ADIT 67 M. LONG

Comments on development

  • LOCATED IN 1900 FOR GOLD. SCHEELITE DISCOVERED IN 1943.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE, V. B., STEWART, L. A., AND MCKINNEY, W. A., 1960, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS RI-5650, P. 23-24.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    DMEA 3852

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN (E-W) AND VEINLETS ALONG FAULT SEPARATING PALEOZOIC LIMESTONES ON SOUTH, FROM PRECAMBRIAN SCHISTS. MINERALIZATION CONCENTRATED AT LIMESTONE-QUARTZ VEIN CONTACT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1984 Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1990 Bolm, Karen S. 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.