1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Circle Claims

Occurrence in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodity Tungsten
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039528
MRDS ID M050224
Record type Site
Current site name Circle Claims
Related records 10113440

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.59431, 31.71902 (WGS84)
Elevation 1295
Relative position IN SCHAFFER CANYON ON E. SIDE BABOQUIVARI MTS., 7 MI. W OF SASABE HIGHWAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mildred 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 20S 07E 02 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Wolframite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.59431, 31.71902
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 10 TO 20 DEG W.
    Width 0.46M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: STEEPSIDES OF SCHAFFER CANYON CONSIST OF A FAULTED COMPLEX OF SILICEOUS SEDIMENTARY BEDS AND VOLCANIC ROCKS, INTRUDES BY DIKES OF ACIDIC TO INTERMEDIATE COMPOSITION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1939
Discoverer G.T. Harford And C.H. Bent

Mining district

District name Baboquivari District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner G. T. Harford And C. E. Bent
    First year 1940

Comments on the production information

  • INQUIRIES BY DALE ETAL, 1961, INDICATED THAT LITTLE IF ANY PRODUCTION WAS MADE IN THE CLAIMS IN RECENT YEARS.

Comments on the workings information

  • A FEW SHALLOW CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D. 1941, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: ARIZ. BUR MINES BULL. 148

  • Deposit

    LEMMON D.M., 1945, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: USGS UNPUBL. DATA

  • Deposit

    DALE ETAL, 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS... USBM RI 5650

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP MR-25.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN CONSISTS OF DULL WHITE QUARTZ.
Deposit RECORD # D000792 BY JAMES E. ELLIOTT HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS ONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1973 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.