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Tungsten King Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Tungsten, Beryllium, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Bismuth, Tellurium, Molybdenum
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039394
MRDS ID M050021
Record type Site
Current site name Tungsten King Mine
Alternate or previous names Black Rock Group, Tungsten King Group. Tungsten Queen Group
Related records 10161572

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.14372, 32.07401 (WGS84)
Elevation 1600
Relative position IN CLARK CANYON ON WEST SIDE OF LITTLE DRAGOON MOUNTAINS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Pedro Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 16S 22E 06 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SEC. 6. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Tellurium Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TUNGSTEN CONCENTRATION VARIES FROM LESS THAN 0.1 PERCENT TO 2 PERCENT W03. BE0 VARIES UP TO 0.052 PERCENT. PB, CU, ZN ALSO OCCUR UNDER C20.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result BETWEEN 0.0008 AND 0.052% BA0

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Tungsten King
    Rock description Tungsten King
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 53
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.14372, 32.07401
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tertiary Block Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N And Nw Trending Folds And Thrust Faults Overriding To Ne.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Tungsten King Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N
    Dip 45 TO 50 E.
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 1219.2M
    Width 1.83M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault , Granite-Schist Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: TUNGSTEN KING VEIN LIES WITHIN TUNGSTEN KING FAULT WHICH SEPARATES PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE FROM PRECAMBRIAN SCHIST. FAULT IS LATE CRETACEOUS OR TERTIARY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1913
Discoverer J. J. Wien

Mining district

District name Cochise District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Standard Tungsten Corp.
    Home office Benson, Az.

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 12 TONS OF TUNGSTEN CONCENTRATES PRODUCED INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1913 TO 1954.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 600M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT, ADIT, AND SHAFT WORKINGS , 335 FT ADIT, 180 FT DRIFT WITH 260 FT OF CROSSCUTS

Comments on development

  • 12 CLAIMS ; PREVIOUS OWNERS INCLUDE GOLD, SILVER, & TUNGSTEN 1NC, CRAMER MINING AND MILLING CO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOPER , J.R. AND SILVER, L. T. 1964, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 416.

  • Deposit

    LIVINGSTON, MAUGER, BENNETT, AND LAUGHLIN, 1976, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375

  • Deposit

    DALE ET AL, 1960, USBM RI 5650 P. 43-45

  • Deposit

    KEITH, 1973, ABM BULL 187

  • Deposit

    WARNER, L.A., HOLSER, W.T., WILMARTH, V.R., AND CAMERON, E.N., 1959, OCCURRENCE OF NONPEGMATITE BERYLLIUM IN THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 318.

  • Deposit

    1949 GEOCHEM W. T. HOLSER, USGS, SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS FOR W AND BE

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, COOPER AND SILVER; PROF. PAPER 416.

  • Production

    COOPER AND SILVER, 1964

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1972 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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