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Western Tungsten Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10234169
MRDS ID M050355
MAS/MILS ID 0040030227
Record type Site
Current site name Western Tungsten Mine
Alternate or previous names Western Mine, Western, Coronado N.F. Part 8.
Related records 10039573

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.32486, 31.40154 (WGS84)
Elevation 2290
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Miller Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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)

Miller Peak Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 023 S 020 E 29 NESE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.32486, 31.40154
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1900

Mining district

District name New Reef

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADDNL HOLDINGS IN T23S R20E SEC 28 C W2

  • Deposit

    KEITH S B 1973 ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 187 P 67

  • Deposit

    DALE, V.B. ET AL, 1960, USBM RI 5650, P. 39-40.

  • Deposit

    LUDINGTON, STEVE, 1984, USGS OFR 84-293, P. 3-4.

  • Deposit

    TUFTIN, S.E., ARMSTRONG, R.C., 1994, USBM OFR MLA 1-94.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-NOV-1993 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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