The Swede Mine is a tungsten mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,350 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,350 Feet (1,326 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 33.36111, -110.99167
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Swede Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Swede Mine
Secondary: Swede Mine and Clark Prospect
Secondary: Cole Tungsten Prospect
Secondary: Old Swede Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Molybdenum
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Helen Marie Cole
Production
Year: 1942
Description: Ap_Grade: ^Yielded 60 Lbs Of Conc Assaying 32.4% W03
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Ne Shear Zone, Fault Displacing Vein 20 Ft
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Jarosite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MOST OF WOLFRAMITE S OF FAULT CONFINED TO 10 INCH STREAK ON HANGING WALL AT SURFACE AND ON FOOTWALL IN CROSSCUT
Comment (Geology): SWEDE VEIN TRAVERSES AN IRREGULAR TONGUE OF PINAL SCHIST PROJECTING INTO GRANITE ALONG A SHEAR ZONE SLIGHTLY DISCORDANT WITH SCHISTOSITY . REPLACEMENT MOST COMPLETE WHERE SHEAR ZONE IS INTERSECTED BY GRANITE PORPHYRY DIKES.
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M000667 WITH RECORD M030484 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Development): 2 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS
Comment (Workings): ADIT CROSSCUT AND DRIFTS. SMALL OPEN CUTS, PITS, AND PROSPECT HOLES
References
Reference (Deposit): PETERSON, 1963, USGS BULL 1141-H
Reference (Deposit): DALE, 1959, USBM RI 5516
Reference (Deposit): ABM FILE DATA
Reference (Production): PETERSON, 1963
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