The El Oso Mine is a tungsten mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona.
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El Oso Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: El Oso Mine
Secondary: New Discovery
Secondary: Harrison
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: Four Peaks 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.
Administrative Organization: Tonto National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Marvin Harrison
Home Office: Of Fresno, Ca
Years: 1961 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1941
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: LINEAR
Form: LINEAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Granite Cut By A Mile Wide Belt Of Granite Porphyry. Fissures Stri King N-S, N20-25e, N45e, N65w
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Location): CLAIMS EXTEND INTO MARICOPA CO.
Comment (Commodity): TUNGSTEN MINERALS NOT CONCENTRATED SUFFICIENTLY TO CONSTITUTE ORE EXCEPT IN A FEW PLACES
Comment (Workings): 235 FT LONG ADIT WITH 200 FT OF CROSSCUTS. SEVERAL SHORT ADITS AN D SHALLOW SHAFTS, OPEN CUTS AND TRENCHES
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M002890 WITH RE CORD M030451 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOR ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Production): ONLY RECORDED PRODUCTION IS 24 UNITS OF WO3 IN 1953 & 1954. OTHER UNRECORDED PRODUCTION WAS LESS THAN A FEW TONS OF HAND SORTED ORE
Comment (Development): 17 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): 2 SETS OF VEINS; N PART N75W DIP N, 5 PART S24W DIP W. SOME VEINS HAVE BEEN TRACED FOR 2000 FT ALTHOUGH NOT ALL. MINERALIZED VEINS AS A WHOLE AVERAGE 6 IN. WIDE, WIDE SPOTS OR SHOOTS BEING 30 FT LONG, 5 FT WIDE
References
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, 1941, ABM BULL 148, P. 31.
Reference (Deposit): DALE, 1961, USBM IC 8078.
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): DALE, 1961, P. 12
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