Les Jimfre Claims

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Tungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite, Beryllium
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026915
MRDS ID M001036
Record type Site
Current site name Les Jimfre Claims
Alternate or previous names Lesjimfre, Greenfield State Lease, Carlson, Fernstrom, Cummins
Related records 10259131

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.62764, 31.63374 (WGS84)
Elevation 1265
Relative position 11 MILES NW OF SASABE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aguirre Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brawley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 021S 007E 04 NE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1960 SAMPLE ASSAY 0.23 % WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.62764, 31.63374

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Calcareous Schist Strikes Nw

Ore body information

  • Strike E - W
    Dip 60 N
    Width 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Baboquivari District

Production statistics

  • Year 1953
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^200 Units Wo3 At 55 - 60 % Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Conc. Tungsten Tungsten 58wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 13.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SHAFT, OPEN CUTS AND PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1974, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189, P. 109.

  • Deposit

    DALE, V.B., STEWART, L.A., AND MCKINNEY, W.A., 1960, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF COCHISE, PIMA, AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES, ARIZ.: USBM R.I. 5650.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 109 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS INFORMATION FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000812 BY JAMES E. ELLIOT, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit SPORADIC SCHEELITE AND BERYLLIUM MINERALIZATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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