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Western Tungsten

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039573
MRDS ID M050355
Record type Site
Current site name Western Tungsten
Related records 10234169

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.3251, 31.40097 (WGS84)
Elevation 2225

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 023S 020E 29 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINED FOR SILVER AND COPPER; EXAMINED FOR SCHEELITE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Galena Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.3251, 31.40097
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N20E
    Dip 33 NW
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Thrust Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE POSSIBLY IN EXOTIC BLOCKS OF PALEOZOIC SEDIMENTS ACCORDING TO MAP AND DESCRIPTION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years W. W. I

Mining district

District name Hartford District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coronado National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. Neel And Frank Kitchen
    Home office Phoenix, Az.

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL PRODUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE ET AL, 1960, USBM RI 5660.

  • Deposit

    HAYES AND RAUP,968, MAP I 509.

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 67.

  • Production

    DALE ETAL, 1960.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IN CRUSHED QUARTZ ALONG THRUST SHEET.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1972 Johnson, M.G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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