The Pinto Tungsten Mine is a tungsten mine located in Gila 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
Elevation: 2,300 Feet (701 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 33.52917, -110.98917
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Pinto Tungsten Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pinto Tungsten Mine
Secondary: Wagner
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Wagner District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1952
Time Period: 1938 - 1952
Material type: WO3
Description: Cp_Grade: ^3% Wo3
Year: 1938
Material type: WO3
Description: Ap_Grade: ^55% Wo3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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
Form: LINEAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS ON THE PROPERTY CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHALLOW OPENCUTS AND PITS AND THREE SHORT ADITS, EACH LESS THAN 50 FEET LONG
References
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1941, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINE BULLETIN 148, P. 29.
Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8078.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8078.
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