Standard Tungsten Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060250
MRDS ID TC10239
Record type Site
Current site name Standard Tungsten Mine
Alternate or previous names Johnnie Boy No. 1, Head Center
Related records 10185988

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.96038, 31.86096 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Diamond Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 15S 022E 23 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.96038, 31.86096

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Year of last production 1932

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM R.I. 5651, P.10

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE PODS AND SCHEELITE IN LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1991 Kibbe, R.D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.