Tungsten No. 1 Mine

Occurrence in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum, Lead
Sections on this page
  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010110
MRDS ID D003611
Record type Site
Current site name Tungsten No. 1 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.88402, 33.37091 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinal Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001N 014E 14 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.88402, 33.37091

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Globe - Miami

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS FOLIO 111 .

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF. PAPER 12 .

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF. PAPER 342 .

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, FIELD EXCURSIONS IN SO. ARIZONA, 1952: P. 121 & 122 NELS PETESEN.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Hasler, J. William U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.