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Vindicator Group

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper, Lead, Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  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. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039534
MRDS ID M050235
Record type Site
Current site name Vindicator Group
Alternate or previous names Stewart - Fernstrom Carboloy Group, Union Nos 1-3, Guijas Nos 1-4
Related records 10162004

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.37736, 31.6543 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
Relative position ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTH OF LAS GUIJAS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Las Guijas(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 20S 009E 25 Arizona

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.37736, 31.6543
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Block Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR/ PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 65 TO 75 W
    Dip STEEPLY NORTHEAST
    Width 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein Follows Contact Of Granite And Volcanic Breccia

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: GRANITE; VOLCANIC BRECCIA ; GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ LENSES IN FRACTURE ZONES THROUGH GRANITE. VEIN TERMINATES. AT CONTACT WITH BIOTITE MINETTE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1916
Discoverer L. L. Stewart
Year of first production 1925
Production years D1- PRIOR TO 1950; D2-1956, D3-1956-1957; D4-TOTAL.

Mining district

District name Arivaca District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner C. C. Calvin
    First year 1957
  • Type Owner
    Owner I. M. Whitney
    First year 1956

Production statistics

  • Year 1956
    Material W
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^68% Wo3 From 17 Tons Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Tungsten Tungsten 68wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 457.2M
    Overall depth 167.64M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS AND 3 STOPES

Comments on development

  • INFORMATION GIVEN IN TEXT WAS SUPPLIED BY L. G. FERNSTROM, AS WORKINGS WERE LOCKED DURING WRITER'S VISIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE, AND OTHERS, 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF COCHISE, PIMA, AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES: USBM RI 5650

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1941, TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT OF ARIZONA; ABM BULL. 148

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., 1945, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: USGS UNPUBL.

  • Deposit

    SHEIK, A.M. 1970, LAS GUIJAS DISTRICT: ECON. GEOL. V65 NO. 7

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S., 1974, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES OF PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ABM BULL 189.

  • Deposit

    1957 RECON USBM RI 5650

  • Deposit

    DALE, STEWART, AND MCKINNEY, 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF COCHISE, PIMA AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES; USBM RI 5650

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    (1)DALE,1961. (8)SHEIK,1970.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIMILAR DEPOSITS TO THOSE AT GOOD ENOUGH CLAIMS; ZONES OF SMALL QUARTZ STRINGERS.
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS INFORMATION FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000825 BY JAMES E. ELLIOT WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1972 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1975 Elliot, James E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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