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Las Guias Mine Group

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Manganese
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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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101381
MRDS ID D000809
Record type Site
Current site name Las Guias Mine Group
Alternate or previous names Black Gold Group, Immense Lodes, Grand Lodes, General Electric, Obregon Claims
Related records 10162307

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.41737, 31.83345 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fresno Wash(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 020S 009E 25,26 W2 (25); E2 (26) Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Huebnerite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Fluorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.41737, 31.83345
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Arivaca District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S., 1973, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES OF PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 189.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    KEITH, 1974.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR LENSING QUARTZ-FISSURE VEINS OF LARAMIDE AGE CONTAINING TUNGSTEN AND BASE AND PRECIOUS METAL MINERALIZATION WITH FLUORITE AND MANGANESE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Elliott, James E. 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.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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