Mine detail: Augusta Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 31.44097, -110.73206

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Silver
Secondary: Zinc, Gold
Ore: Sphalerite
Orebody form: STRINGERS
Discovery year: 1878

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host rock:Bisbee Formation
Host type:Mudstone,Sandstone,Conglomerate,Limestone
Associated 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
Alteration processes:Surface Oxidation Produces Enriched Silver Chlorides Near Surface

References

MRDSM899946
DEP10048357
Reference{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}
ReporterCalder, Susan R.