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Hilton Tungsten Claims

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Tungsten, Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Molybdenum
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026794
MRDS ID M000280
Record type Site
Current site name Hilton Tungsten Claims
Related records 10210705

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.6215, 31.88902 (WGS84)
Elevation 1500
Relative position A FEW HUNDRED FT SE OF HILTON RANCH BUILDINGS; 30 MI SE OF TUCSON; 9 MILES SSW OF PANTANO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Narrows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rillito(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 018S 017E 04,08,09 Arizona

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Powellite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limestone Is Marmolized, Garnetized, Silicated, And Epidotized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Sycamore Canyon Stock
    Rock description Sycamore Canyon Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Cretaceous
    Chronological age 70
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Horquilla Limestone;Earp Formation
    Rock description Horquilla Limestone;Earp Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.6215, 31.88902
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 1206.98M
    Width 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Marble And Garnetiferous Beds Adjacent To Monzonite-Granodiorite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1935
Year of last production 1947

Mining district

District name Empire District

Production statistics

  • Year 1941
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.5-0.75% W03
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct
  • Year 1947
    Period 1935-1947
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^8% Pb, 2 Oz Ag/Ton, Minor Cu, Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 56g/mt
    Ore Lead Lead 8wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL BASE METAL PRODUCTION ALSO; PRODUCTION IN 1935, 1946-1947.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW WORKINGS FOR W CLAIM

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED E.P. HILTON, TUCSON ORE MILLING, ARTHUR C. JAC OBS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, 1941, ABM BULL 148, P. 36

  • Deposit

    KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 118

  • Deposit

    DALE, STEWART, & MCKINNEY, 1960, USBM IC 5650, P. 107

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S.: USGS MAP MR 25.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    KEITH, 1974

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A BELT OF ALTERED LIMESTONE, INTRUDED BY GRANITE ON BOTH SIDES, EXTENDS NE FOR 3/4 MI FROM NEAR THE HILTON RANCH HOUSE. SIMILAR DEPOSITS OCCUR A FEW HUNDRED FT NE, WHERE THE QUARTZ MONZONITE-GRANODIORITE I NTRUDES CARBONIFEROUS LIMESTONE AT THE BASE OF A LONG RIDGE
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M000280 WITH RE CORD M030525 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS. RECORD # M001572 BY K.H. JOHNSON AND S.C. CREASEY AND D000805 BY JAMES E. ELLIOT HAVE ALSO BEEN INCORPORATED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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