Mine detail: Augusta Mine

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Location:	Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long:	31.44097, -110.73206
dep_id:	10048357
mrds_id:	M899946
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Lead, Silver
Minor mineral:	Zinc, Gold
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Sphalerite
orebody_fm:	STRINGERS
work_type:	Underground
alteration:	Surface Oxidation Produces Enriched Silver Chlorides Near Surface
conc_proc:	Secondary Enrichment
ore_ctrl:	Group Of Parallel Stringers In Folded Cretaceous Sediments
Reporter:	Calder, Susan R.
hrock_unit:	Bisbee Formation
hrock_type:	Mudstone,Sandstone,Conglomerate,Limestone
arock_type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Rhyolite Dikes Cut Sediments Ini Region And Appear To Be Responsible For Mineralization, Sedimentary Beds Strike Approximately N-S And Dip 15w
tectonic:	Ux Ranch Fault Block
disc_yr:	1878
References:	Deposit:: USBM FILES, AUGUSTA MINE Deposit:: KEITH, STANTON B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 191, P. 75 Deposit:: KARTCHNER, WAYNE E., 1944, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF A PORTION OF THE HARSHAIN DISTRICT, PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; PHD. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA,P. 28-31 Deposit:: SCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 308 Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK S., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS MAP I-762 (1=48000) Deposit:: ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITH Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK S., 1972, MESOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY OF THE PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS AND ADJOINING AREAS, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 658-E, P. 3