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Boulder Claim Group

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodity 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046189
MRDS ID M241029
Record type Site
Current site name Boulder Claim Group
Alternate or previous names Old Haw, Hillside
Related records 10281172

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.09149, 32.05401 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position APPROX 4 MI NW OF DRAGOON BETWEEN HARRIS MOUNTAIN AND DAVIS MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dragoon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 016S 022E 10 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 SEC 10, UTM EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINOR SCHEELITE AND PYRITE PRESENT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.09149, 32.05401
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SOME ASSOCIATED TUNGSTEN PLACERS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cochise District, South Dragoon Mtns Area.

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Boulder Tungsten Mng Co .
    First year 1973

Comments on the production information

  • SPORADIC TOTAL PRODUCTION OF SOME 30 TONS OF TUNGSTEN CONCENTRATES IN EARLY 1900'S AND FROM 1933 TO 1954.

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 55

  • Deposit

    LIVINGSTON, MAUGER, BENNETT, AND LAUGHLIN, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375

  • Production

    ARIZ B OF M BULL 187 P 55.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NARROW DISCONTINUOUS QUARTZ VEINS IN ALTERED QUARTZ MONZONITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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