The Tungstona Mine is a tungsten mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,750 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: 3,750 Feet (1,143 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 34.62972, -113.15444
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Tungstona Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tungstona Mine
Secondary: Tungsten
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Beryllium
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Tungstona District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Bagdad Copper Corp.
Years: 1958 -
Owner Name: Hillside Mining And Milling Co.
Years: 1952 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1932
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: Tungsten-Quartz Veins Parallel Wnw Trending Aplite Dikes
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: U.S.G.S. SAMPLES 0.16 % AND 0.13 % WO3, 0.05 % AND 0.02 % BEO. 1952 DEVELOPMENT WORK REVEALED ORE OF HIGHER GRADE, 0.3 % WO3
Materials
Ore: Lead
Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): CLOSELY SPACED, NEARLY VERTICAL VEINLETS 1 TO 2 INCHES WIDE AT FEW INCHES TO SEVERAL FEET INTERVALS.
Comment (Deposit): RECORD # D000842 BY JAMES E. ELLIOTT HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B., 1961 , TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8078 , P. 53
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, C.A., 1955 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BAGDAD AREA, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 278 , P. 97 , 79
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, D.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1941, ARIZ. UNIV. BULL. VOL. 12, NO. 2
Reference (Production): U.S.B.M. I.C. 8078 , P. 53
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