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General Electric Mine

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Tungsten, Iron, Copper, Lead
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039533
MRDS ID M050230
Record type Site
Current site name General Electric Mine
Alternate or previous names Grand Lode, Immense Lode, General Electric Mine I, Ii, Iii, Iv, Las Guijas Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.38152, 31.6643 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Las Guijas(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)

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 09E 25 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Iron Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Extend S To 10-20 Ft.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.38152, 31.6643
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Block Faulting.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Vein Terminates At Intrusive Contact On Nw & At Ne - Sw Fault On Sw.

Ore body information

  • Strike N65-80W
    Dip 78N
    Plunge direction 45-85NE
    Length 243.84M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Developed At Contact Of Granite With Breccia, N65w Fault Zone, Lamprophyre Dike Parallele Vein

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1914

Mining district

District name Las Guijas District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner F. H. Parker
    First year 1954
  • Type Owner
    Owner Tungsten Mining Corp.

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 MAIN LEVELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHEIKH, A.M., 1970 LAS GUIJAS DISTRICT: ECON GEOL., V.65 NO. 7

  • Deposit

    ARIZ DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS SPORADICALLY IN QUARTZ VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1972 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1981 Rodriguez, Ignacio J. (Gest, Don E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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