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Tungsten Reef Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Tellurium, Tungsten, Zinc
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10233922
MRDS ID M241502
MAS/MILS ID 0040030202
Record type Site
Current site name Tungsten Reef Mine
Alternate or previous names Exposed Reef, Sitruc, Reef Mine, Reef, Coronado N.F. Part 8.
Related records 10109798

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.28876, 31.42684 (WGS84)
Elevation 2230
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 023 S 020 E 14 SW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Primary
Tellurium Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Gold Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.28876, 31.42684
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N08W
    Dip 12W
    Thickness 6M
    Length 975M
    Width 427M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N08W:12W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 910924

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1870

Mining district

District name New Reef

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1906
    Period 1870'S-1906
    Description 1870'S-1906: Minor Au/Ag Production.
  • Year 1918
    Period 1916-1918
    Description 1916-18 64 St At 71.6% Wo3.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major WO3 Tungsten Tungsten 70.54mt 72wt-pct
  • Year 1942
    Period 1934-1942
    Description 1934-42 183468 Lb At 71% Wo3.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major WO3 Tungsten Tungsten 83219.68mt 71wt-pct
  • Year 1954
    Period 1953-1954
    Description 1953-54 991 St Crushed/Sized Quartz.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Quartz Silica 1092.39mt
  • Year 1956
    Period 1955-1956
    Description 1955-56 6838 Lb At 74.96% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major WO3 Tungsten Tungsten 3101.66mt 75wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADDNL HOLDING IN T23S R20E E CEN SEC 15

  • Deposit

    KEITH S B 1973 ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 187 P 67

  • Deposit

    DALE, V.B. ET AL, 1960, USBM RI 5650, P. 3-4.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ADMMR MINERAL REPORT 4, P. 156.

  • Deposit

    WEBER, R.H., 1950, GEOL EAST CENTRAL PORTION HUACHUCA

  • Deposit

    MTNS., UNIV AZ PHD DISSERTATION, P. 122-150.

  • Deposit

    TUFTIN, S.E., ARMSTRONG, R.C., 1994, USBM OFR MLA 1-94.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-NOV-1993 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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