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Mego Nos. 1 & 2 Prospects

Occurrence in Pima 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095427
MRDS ID M050132
Record type Site
Current site name Mego Nos. 1 & 2 Prospects
Related records 10210172

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.69487, 31.98068 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position ABOUT 3/4 MILE SOUTHEAST OF AJO-TUCSON ROAD, AND ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH OF SAN JUAN SPRINGS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Juan Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon Wash(hydrologic unit)

Rio Sonoyta(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sonora(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 17S 06E 11 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED; LOCATION PROJECTED BY U.S.B.M. ON SKETCH MAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • APPARENTLY THIS PROSPECT IS THE NORTHERN LIMIT OF THE TUNGSTEN - BEARING ZONE ON THE WEST FLANK OF THE - BABOQUIVARI MTNS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.69487, 31.98068
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Discoverer Cecil Beckett And Glenn Gibson

Comments on the workings information

  • A FEW SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS OCCUR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE, STEWART, AND MCKINNEY, 1960, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF COCHISE, PIMA, AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES, : U.S.B.M. R.I. 5650.

  • Deposit

    DALE, STEWART, AND MCKINNEY, 1960, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF COCHISE, PIMA AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 5650.

  • Deposit

    1957 RECON U.S.B.M. RI 5650

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IT HAD BEEN REPORTED THAT LAMPING INDICATED EXTREMELY SPARSE SCHEELITE MINERALIZATION IN THIS AREA, AND THAT THE LOCATORS HAD FAILED TO FIND ANY MINERALIZATION OF INTEREST. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Johnson, Maureen 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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Authoritative Arizona resources

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