Donna Anna Veins

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum, Copper, Lead, Manganese, Silver
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. 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 10098426
MRDS ID M050025
Record type Site
Current site name Donna Anna Veins
Related records 10112993

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.07677, 32.09734 (WGS84)
Elevation 1570
Relative position 1/2 TO 1.25 MI SW OF JOHNSON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dragoon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 015S 022E 26,27 SW4 (26); SE4 (27) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 1.8 KM SW OF REPUBLIC MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Huebnerite Ore
Powellite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Texas Canyon Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Texas Canyon Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 53
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Pinal Schist
    Rock description Pinal Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.07677, 32.09734

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tert Block Faulting Trending Nnw, Lcret Or Etert N-Nw Trending Fold S & Thrusts

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N50-85E
    Dip STEEP S
    Length 243.84M
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEINS OFTEN PARALLEL SCHISTOSITY, BUT SOMETIMES CROSS IT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1882

Mining district

District name Cochise District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Coronado Copper And Zinc Co.

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL PRODUCTION OF TUNGSTEN ORE, LARGELY FROM PLACER OPERATION PR IOR TO 1919

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS. SOME SHORT DRIFTS. LARGEST OPEN CUT IS 20 FT DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOPER & SILVER, 1964, USGS PP 416

  • Deposit

    LIVINGSTON ET AL, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375

  • Deposit

    KEITH, 1973, ABM BULL 187

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973; COOPER & SILVER, 1964

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE FISSURE INTERMITTENTLY MINERALIZED FOR 3500 FT.
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050025 WITH RE CORD M030571 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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