USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Cochise County
Austin Mine
Unconfirmed Tungsten Underground
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Cochise
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Tungsten
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Includes: Austin, Chance No. 7 and No. 8 Claims
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former small underground Au-W-Cu-Pb-Zn mine located in the NE¼ sec. 30, T14S, R28E. Discovered 1900 for gold. Scheelite was discovered in 1943. Mineralization is a vein deposit. The quartz vein strikes E-W. Veinlets along the fault separating Pale…
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 3 adit symbols
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Chalcopyrite
- Galena
- Gold
- Scheelite
- Sphalerite
- Chalcopyrite
View all 12 reported minerals
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Chalcopyrite
- Galena
- Gold
- Scheelite
- Sphalerite
- Chalcopyrite
- Galena
- Pyrite
- Scheelite
- Sphalerite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped adit symbols (3)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR
Type: Historical mine documents
Record: 1 historical document
Supports:
- historical mine identity
- historical mine documentation
Historical documentation does not imply current access or open workings.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 43632
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (5)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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