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Hawk Group Hillside Group

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103731
MRDS ID M050024
Record type Site
Current site name Hawk Group Hillside Group
Alternate or previous names Hawk Shaft, Wein Claims
Related records 10113388

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.08899, 32.0554 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 3 1/2 MILES SSW OF JOHNSON AND ABT. 11 MI. NE OF BENSON.

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)

Upper San Pedro(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 16S 22E 10 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Texas Canyon
    Rock description Texas Canyon
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 53
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 53

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.08899, 32.0554
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Small Faults And Shears.
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tertiary Block Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N To Nw Trending Folds And Thrust Faulting Overriding To Ne.

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N 38 E
    Dip 73 SE
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 60.96M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ VEINS CUT QUARTZ MONZONITE. CLEAR CUT CONTACTS . VEINS ARE CHARACTERISTICALLY SHEARED, HAVING STRIAE RAKING 25 TO 50 NE. REVERSE (?) AND RIGHT LATERAL MOVEMENT ALONG N 38E STRIKING VEIN. LAMPROPHYRE DIKES CUT VEINS. SOME EN ECHELON VEINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1898
Discoverer Asa Walker

Mining district

District name Bluebird District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. J. Wien
    Home office Benson, Az.

Comments on the production information

  • 1933-1939 5 TONS OF CONCENTRATES PRODUCED. 1939-1943 SEVERAL TONS CONCENTRATE PRODUCED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 24.38M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOPER, J. R. AND SILVER, L. T. 1964, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 416.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1941, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN148, P. 43.

  • Deposit

    LIVINGSTON, MAUGER, BENNETT, AND LAUGHLIN, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, COOPER AND SILVER, PROF. PAPER 416

  • Production

    COOPER AND SILVER, 1964

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLACER DEPOSITS ALSO WORKED. OTHER SMALLER EN ECHELON VEINS STRIKING N 70 E, USUALLY LESS THAN 1 FT. WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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