| Deposit ID | 10026938 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M001168 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Tungstona Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Tungsten |
| Related records | 10161775 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.15521, 34.62976 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1143 |
| Relative position | 4 1/2 MILES NE OF BAGDAD |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Yavapai(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bozarth Mesa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Bagdad(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Burro(hydrologic unit)
Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Yavapai |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 015N | 009W | 24 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Vanadium Critical | Tertiary |
| Bismuth Critical | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Beryllium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Lead | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Wolframite | Ore |
| Result | U.S.G.S. SAMPLES 0.16 % AND 0.13 % WO3, 0.05 % AND 0.02 % BEO. 1952 DEVELOPMENT WORK REVEALED ORE OF HIGHER GRADE, 0.3 % WO3 |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | -113.15521, 34.62976 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Tungsten-Quartz Veins Parallel Wnw Trending Aplite Dikes |
| Strike | N 70 W |
|---|---|
| Dip | 75 S |
| Length | 609.6M |
| Width | 15.24M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1932 |
| Discoverer | J. Comode |
| District name | Tungstona District |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Hillside Mining And Milling Co. |
| First year | 1952 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Bagdad Copper Corp. |
| First year | 1958 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 762M |
| Overall depth | 152.4M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M001168 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040251510 |
DALE, V.B., 1961 , TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8078 , P. 53
ANDERSON, C.A., 1955 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BAGDAD AREA, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 278 , P. 97 , 79
LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, D.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
WILSON, E.D., 1941, ARIZ. UNIV. BULL. VOL. 12, NO. 2
U.S.B.M. I.C. 8078 , P. 53
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CLOSELY SPACED, NEARLY VERTICAL VEINLETS 1 TO 2 INCHES WIDE AT FEW INCHES TO SEVERAL FEET INTERVALS. |
| Deposit | RECORD # D000842 BY JAMES E. ELLIOTT HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1973 | Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-APR-1979 | Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1982 | Elliott, James E. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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