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
Elevation: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 35.79361, -114.03056
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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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