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Pinto Tungsten Mine

Past Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodity Tungsten
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  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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027437
MRDS ID M003090
Record type Site
Current site name Pinto Tungsten Mine
Alternate or previous names Wagner

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.98987, 33.52925 (WGS84)
Elevation 701
Relative position ABOUT 20 MILES NW OF GLOBE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salt River Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Seneca(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 002N 013E 12 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Wolframite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.98987, 33.52925
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 35 W
    Dip 88 NE
    Thickness 0.3M
    Width 0.81M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sparse, Very Sporadic Wolframite With Small Amounts Of Scheelite Occurs In Quartz Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wagner District

Production statistics

  • Year 1938
    Material WO3
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^55% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 55wt-pct
  • Year 1952
    Period 1938 - 1952
    Material WO3
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^3% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 3wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS ON THE PROPERTY CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHALLOW OPENCUTS AND PITS AND THREE SHORT ADITS, EACH LESS THAN 50 FEET LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1941, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINE BULLETIN 148, P. 29.

  • Deposit

    DALE, V.B., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8078.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8078.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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