The Tungsten King Mine is a tungsten mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,249 feet.
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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: 5,249 Feet (1,600 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 32.07389, -110.14306
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Tungsten King Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tungsten King Mine
Secondary: Black Rock Group
Secondary: Tungsten King Group. Tungsten Queen Group
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Tellurium
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Cochise 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
Owner Name: Standard Tungsten Corp.
Home Office: Benson, Az.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1913
Discovery Method: 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: VEIN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Tertiary Block Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N And Nw Trending Folds And Thrust Faults Overriding To Ne.
Type: L
Description: Tungsten King Fault.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 53.000000+-
Age Young: Tertiary
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: BETWEEN 0.0008 AND 0.052% BA0
Materials
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: TUNGSTEN KING VEIN LIES WITHIN TUNGSTEN KING FAULT WHICH SEPARATES PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE FROM PRECAMBRIAN SCHIST. FAULT IS LATE CRETACEOUS OR TERTIARY.
Comment (Location): NW 1/4 SEC. 6. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Commodity): TUNGSTEN CONCENTRATION VARIES FROM LESS THAN 0.1 PERCENT TO 2 PERCENT W03. BE0 VARIES UP TO 0.052 PERCENT. PB, CU, ZN ALSO OCCUR UNDER C20.
Comment (Production): ABOUT 12 TONS OF TUNGSTEN CONCENTRATES PRODUCED INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1913 TO 1954.
Comment (Development): 12 CLAIMS ; PREVIOUS OWNERS INCLUDE GOLD, SILVER, & TUNGSTEN 1NC, CRAMER MINING AND MILLING CO
Comment (Workings): PIT, ADIT, AND SHAFT WORKINGS , 335 FT ADIT, 180 FT DRIFT WITH 260 FT OF CROSSCUTS
References
Reference (Deposit): COOPER , J.R. AND SILVER, L. T. 1964, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 416.
Reference (Deposit): LIVINGSTON, MAUGER, BENNETT, AND LAUGHLIN, 1976, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375
Reference (Deposit): DALE ET AL, 1960, USBM RI 5650 P. 43-45
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1973, ABM BULL 187
Reference (Deposit): WARNER, L.A., HOLSER, W.T., WILMARTH, V.R., AND CAMERON, E.N., 1959, OCCURRENCE OF NONPEGMATITE BERYLLIUM IN THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 318.
Reference (Deposit): 1949 GEOCHEM W. T. HOLSER, USGS, SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS FOR W AND BE
Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, COOPER AND SILVER; PROF. PAPER 416.
Reference (Production): COOPER AND SILVER, 1964
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