Mine detail: Austerlitz Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

31.4668, -111.26791

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Copper, Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENS
Discovery year:	1865

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	D1-1912-14; D2-194 */ D3-196 *? ; D4-1912-1963
First production started:	1912
Last production ended:	1963

Geology

Host rock:	Oro Blanco Formation;Cobre Ridge Tugg;Sidewinder Quartz Monzonite
Host type:	Quartz Monzonite,Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Welded Tuff
Structure:	Block Faulting., N65e Striking, 40 To 80 N Dipping Faults Offset - Mineralization & Dikes
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Silicification; Qtz-Ser-Pyr ; Weak Wall Rock Alteration

References

MRDS	M050243
DEP	10039540
Reference	{Deposit:: KNIGHT, L.H., JR., 1970, ORO BLANCO DISTRICT: UNIV. ARIZ. PH.D.-THESIS.}{Deposit:: MILTON, M.C., 1913, ORO BLANCO DISTRICT: EMJ, V. 96, P. 1006.}{Deposit:: WILSON ET AL, 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES: ABM BULL. 137.}{Deposit:: YEEND, WARREN, 1973.}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: KEITH, S.B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ CO., ARIZ.: ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL 191, P. 62.y}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: KNIGHT LHJR 1970; ALSO WILSON ETAL 1934 ; ABM FILE DATA}
Reporter	Johnson, Maureen G., Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo)