Garnet Mountain

The Garnet Mountain is a tungsten mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,299 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: Garnet Mountain  

State:  Arizona

County:  Mohave

Elevation: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 35.79361, -114.03056

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Satelite image of the Garnet Mountain

Garnet Mountain MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Garnet Mountain
Secondary: G.T. Duncan


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten


Location

State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Garnet Mtn. District


Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
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: Fault, N 20 W, 82 Ne


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 0.01 TO 0.36% WO3.


Materials

Ore: Scheelite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): THE EXPOSURE WAS 15 FT BY 30 FT AND ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN 1.5% WO3.

Comment (Commodity): ANALYTICAL DATA, USBM, 1942 , 5 SAMPLES.

Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000777 OF J.E. ELLIOTT WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT IS 20 FEET HIGH.

Comment (Production): SMALL UNRECORDED PRODUCTION.


References

Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, AND MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZ.: U.S.B.M. I.C. 8078, P. 99-100.

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S.: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP MR-25.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI


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