Chadwick Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027122
MRDS ID M002159
Record type Site
Current site name Chadwick Mine
Alternate or previous names Conlig, Houston, East & West Evening Star
Related records 10258686

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.36178, 31.83569 (WGS84)
Relative position ABT. 6 MI. W. OF SAN JUAN, ARIZ.; EASTERN FOOT OF WHETSTONE MTNS. ALONG N. SIDE OF MIDDLE CANYON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McGrew Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(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

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 018S 019E 26 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Wolframite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Seritization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Pinal Schist
    Rock description Pinal Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.36178, 31.83569

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N60E
    Dip 80 NW
    Length 182.88M
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Whetstone District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Euclid Mining Co., Conlig Tungsten Co., Standard Tungsten Corp., Minerals Development Co.

Comments on the production information

  • SOME TUNGSTEN CONCENTRATES PRODUCED IN 1943-1944.

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZ. B. OF M. BULL. 148, P. 45.

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 91.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SPARSE ORE IN QUARTZ VEINS IN MEDIUM GRAINED, MUSCOVITE GRANITE INTRUDED BY SCHIST. VEINS 6-24 IN WIDE, 600 FT LONG.
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000753 OF J.E. ELLIOTT WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1980 Zigler, Jan L. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Editor 04-AUG-1994 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1995 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.