Tungsten No. 1 Mine

Past Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper, Silver, Molybdenum, Lead
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098211
MRDS ID M002858
Record type Site
Current site name Tungsten No. 1 Mine
Related records 10258625

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.88958, 33.43202 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 1.5 MI N OF INSPIRATION SMELTER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Inspiration(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001N 014E 14 NE4 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Molybdenum Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.88958, 33.43202

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Miami-Inspiration District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Walter Stewart
    First year 1936

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED FAULT IN DIABASE.
Deposit THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M002858 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D003611 OF J.W. HASLER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1994 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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