Big Juanita Mine

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodity Tungsten
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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008535
MRDS ID D000786
Record type Site
Current site name Big Juanita Mine
Related records 10210741

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.58403, 31.91679 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kitt 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

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 017S 007E 29,30 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.58403, 31.91679

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S., 1973, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES OF PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 189

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Elliott, James E. 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.