Tough Nut Group

The Tough Nut Group is a tungsten mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,300 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: Tough Nut Group

State:  Arizona

County:  Maricopa

Elevation: 2,300 Feet (701 Meters)

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 33.86222, -112.71444

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Tough Nut Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Tough Nut Group


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten


Location

State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: Vulture District


Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1954
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: GRAINS & STRINGERS


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: HAND PICKED ORE CONTAINED 8% N03


Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote


Comments

Comment (Location): UTM'S TO CENTER OF SECT. 18 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Comment (Development): 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Comment (Geology): SCHEELITE OCCURS IN AND ALONG BEDDING PLANES. TWO PARALLEL FRACTURES 50 FEET APART HAVE BEEN WORKED. NO RELATIONSHIP IS EVIDENT BETWEEN DIKES AND INER*. NO RELATIONSHIP IS EVIDENT BETWEEN DIKES AND MINERALIZATION


References

Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B., 1959, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF YUMA, MARICOPA, PINAL, AND GRAHAM COUNTIES, ARIZ, U.S.B.M. RI 5516 P. 35-36


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