Gabitzsch-Owens Tungsten Group

The Gabitzsch-Owens Tungsten Group is a tungsten mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,400 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Gabitzsch-Owens Tungsten Group

State:  Arizona

County:  Pinal

Elevation: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 33.35, -110.98333

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Gabitzsch-Owens Tungsten Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Gabitzsch-Owens Tungsten Group


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten


Location

State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Summit District


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: B. A. Gabitzsch And James Owen
Years: 1951 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: Minor Faulting On The Claims


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Wolframite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Muscovite


Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1965)

Comment (Deposit): ONE ENRICHED ZONE FORMED AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE VEIN AND A QUARTZ FILLED FRACTURE

Comment (Workings): 25 FOOT ADIT, 11 SHALLOW OPEN CUTS


References

Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B., 1959, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF YUMA, MARICOPA, PINAL, AND GRAHAM COUNTIES, ARIZ., USBM RI 5516 P. 47


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