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Corregedor Mine

Past Producer in Pima 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. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039681
MRDS ID M050642
Record type Site
Current site name Corregedor Mine
Alternate or previous names Control Mines, Inc.
Related records 10283503

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.72068, 32.47622 (WGS84)
Elevation 1634
Relative position ABOUT 1 MILE EAST OF MARBLE PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Bigelow(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado 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 Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 11S 16E 16 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • W CENTRAL SECTION 16.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.72068, 32.47622
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Length 76.2M
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Limy Lenses 1 To 4 Ft. Wide In Quartzite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1942
Discoverer Newt Wells
Year of first production 1943
Production years 1943 (?)

Mining district

District name Oracle District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Arizona Copper Mines, Inc.

Production statistics

  • Year 1943
    Material W
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^4% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 4wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • CORRIGEDOR PRODUCED THE MOST TUNGSTEN FROM THE CONTROL MINES, INC., GROUP

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHALLOW SHAFTS; SOME TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    DALE, STEWART, AND MCKINNEY, 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF COCHISE, PIMA, AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES: USBM RI 5650

  • Deposit

    KEITH,S.B.,1974,INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY,ARIZONA:ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189, P.130.

  • Deposit

    DALE, STEWART, AND MCKINNEY, 1960, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF COCHISE, PIMA AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 5650.

  • Deposit

    1957 RECON USBM RI 565

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    DALE ETAL, 1961; LEMMON, 1945

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SPARSE SCHEELITE TO DEPTH OF 30 FEET
Deposit DUPLICATE RECORD D000795 HAS BEEN COMBINED AND DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1975 Elliot, J.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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