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Three Musketeers Mine

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  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 10113441
MRDS ID M003843
MAS/MILS ID 0040120009
Record type Site
Current site name Three Musketeers Mine
Related records 10027691

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -113.77408, 33.84336 (WGS84)
Elevation 495
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East of Utting(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bouse Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(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 La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 006 N 015 W 24 SW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Secondary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Biotite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Feldspar Unknown
Gold Unknown
Hornblende Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Sericite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -113.77408, 33.84336
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N53E
    Dip 60S
    Thickness 46M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 61M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Strike And Dip N53E:60S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 820902
  • Area 40HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 40
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1951
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1951
Milling method Gravity

Mining district

District name Ellsworth District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Wreggit, R.(Transverse Mines Inc.)
    Interest 100
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1982

Production statistics

  • Year 1978
    Period 1951-1978
    Material ore
    Ore mined 1322.77mt
    Description Produced Off And On 1951-1978. 1200 St Ore

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE ABOVE RESERVE FIGURE WAS OBTAINED FROM THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY DURING A FIELD VISIT ON MAY 18, 1982. THE OWNE CONSIDERS THE ABOVE FIGURE RELIABLE RESERVES ESTIMATED FROM DRILL DATA AND EXPLORATION OF THE EXISTING MINE WORKINGS. THE ABOVE ESTIMATE HAS BEEN INFERRED BY THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, AND IS BASED ON LIMITED DATA. FURTHER DRILLING IS NEEDED BEFORE THE RELIABILITY OF THIS FIGURE CAN BE CONFIRMED. THE GRADE SHOWN FOR AU HAS BEEN ROUNDED; IT IS ACTUALLY 0.00154

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 5HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .61
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Avg. Overburden Thickness .15
    Primary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 7.6
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 50
    Capacity 453
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost 3.48
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 255
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1982

Comments on other economic factors

  • THERE WILL BE NO WASTE OR SURFACE MATERIAL EXCAVATED AT THE PROPERTY, ACCORDING TO THE OWNER. MOST OF THE ORE COMPRISES TWO SMALL MOUNTAINS. A THIN LAYER OF ALLUVIUM IS PRESENT AT SEVERAL LOW AREAS, BUT SOME ADDITIONAL GRADING DURING ROAD CONSTRUCTION WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO REMOVE THIS MATERIAL. IR THE ORE RESERVES IN Q-MATRIX 2 ARE CONFIRMED, LONGHOLE STOPING WILL PROBABLY BE EMPLOYED FOR MINING MOST OF THE ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Geology

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. DMEA-2858 REPORT, 1954.

  • Deposit

    STANTON K.B. INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA CO.

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA, BULLETIN 192, ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND

  • Deposit

    MINERAL TECHNOLOGY, 1978, P. 36-39, 149.

  • Production

    ZADRA, J.B. MILLING AND PROCESSING TUNGSTEN, U.S. BUREAU OF

  • Production

    MINES, IC-7912, 1959, P.11, 14-17, 24, 32-39, 46-49.

  • Geology

    DALE, V.B. TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF YUMA, MARICOPA, PINAL, AND

  • Geology

    GRAHAM COUNTIES, ARIZONA, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, RI-5516

  • Geology

    1959, P. 2-3, 11-15.

  • Geology

    WILSON, E.D. TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA, ARIZONA BUREAU

  • Geology

    OF MINES, GEOLOGICAL SERIES NO. 14, BULLETIN NO. 148,

  • Geology

    APRIL 1, 1941, P. 9-10.

  • Reserve-Resource

    WREGGIT, R. OWNER-OPERATOR OF THE THREE MUSKETEERS PROPERTY,

  • Reserve-Resource

    VISITED BY EVALUATER, MAY 18, 1982.

  • Workings

    HOSKINS, J.R., W.R. GREEN. MINERAL INDUSTRY COSTS, NORTH-

  • Workings

    WEST MINING ASSOCIATION, JULY, 1978, P. 6-8.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS STRIKE AND DIP SHOWN IS ONLY ONE OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT ATTITUDES OF THE OREBODIES. OTHER STRIKE AND DIPS INCLUDE N50-56E, 50-70SE; N70-75E, 50-60SE; E, 40S; AND N80W, 55SW.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-OCT-1996 Dolzani, Roger L. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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