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Unnamed Deposit

Past Producer in Cochise 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039514
MRDS ID M050200
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.0651, 32.0779 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 1.5 MILES S OF JOHNSON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dragoon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willcox Playa(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 016S 022E 02 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Texas Canyon Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Texas Canyon Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 52

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.0651, 32.0779
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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 To Nw Trending Folds And Thrust Faults Overriding To Ne.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 60.96M

Comments on the geologic information

  • CONSPICUOUS N TO NW TRENDING VEINS IN THE EASTERN OUTCROPS OF THE QUARTZ MONZONITE IN THIS GENERAL AREA ARE BARREN OR LOW IN TUNGSTEN. ; GEOL.DESC: SMALL QUARTZ VEINS AND LODES CUT QUARTZ MONZONITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cochise District

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE 40 FT. INCLINE. NUMEROUS OPENCUTS 5 TO 15 FEET DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LODES ARE UP TO 3 FT. WIDE AND SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET LONG.

Reporter information

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

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