The Hilton Tungsten Claims is a tungsten mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,921 feet.
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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
Elevation: 4,921 Feet (1,500 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 31.88889, -110.62083
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Hilton Tungsten Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hilton Tungsten Claims
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Empire District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1941
Description: Ap_Grade: ^0.5-0.75% W03
Year: 1947
Time Period: 1935-1947
Description: Cp_Grade: ^8% Pb, 2 Oz Ag/Ton, Minor Cu, Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1935
Year Last Production: 1947
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
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limestone Is Marmolized, Garnetized, Silicated, And Epidotized
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 70.000000+-
Age Young: Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Powellite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED E.P. HILTON, TUCSON ORE MILLING, ARTHUR C. JAC OBS
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M000280 WITH RE CORD M030525 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS. RECORD # M001572 BY K.H. JOHNSON AND S.C. CREASEY AND D000805 BY JAMES E. ELLIOT HAVE ALSO BEEN INCORPORATED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Production): SMALL BASE METAL PRODUCTION ALSO; PRODUCTION IN 1935, 1946-1947.
Comment (Deposit): A BELT OF ALTERED LIMESTONE, INTRUDED BY GRANITE ON BOTH SIDES, EXTENDS NE FOR 3/4 MI FROM NEAR THE HILTON RANCH HOUSE. SIMILAR DEPOSITS OCCUR A FEW HUNDRED FT NE, WHERE THE QUARTZ MONZONITE-GRANODIORITE I NTRUDES CARBONIFEROUS LIMESTONE AT THE BASE OF A LONG RIDGE
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW WORKINGS FOR W CLAIM
References
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, 1941, ABM BULL 148, P. 36
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 118
Reference (Deposit): DALE, STEWART, & MCKINNEY, 1960, USBM IC 5650, P. 107
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S.: USGS MAP MR 25.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1974
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