The Dividend Tunnel Primos Group is a tungsten mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,098 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: 5,098 Feet (1,554 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 32.07222, -110.08278
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Dividend Tunnel Primos Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dividend Tunnel Primos Group
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Cochise District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: SMALL VEINS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Tertiary Block Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N To Nw Folds And Thrust Faults Overriding To Ne.
Type: L
Description: Reverse And Normal Faults.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 53.000000+-
Age Young: Tertiary
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): LARGE CONCENTRATION OF SMALL VEINS ACROSS A WIDTH OF 50 TO 75 FT. MAX. WIDTH OF INDIVIDUAL VEINS IS 2 FT. NONE SEEM TO EXTEND ALONG STRIKE MORE THAN 150 FT. VEINS ARE CONCENTRATED INTO LODES 4 OR 5 FEET WIDE. A SECOND SET STRIKES N 5 TO 20 E AND DIPS 45 E.
Comment (Workings): ONE ADIT OF 185 FT. 5 DRIFTS TOTALLING 500 FT. STOPED AREAS PARTIALLY CAVED.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Production): SOME 100 TONS OF TUNGSTEN CONCENTRATES WERE PRODUCED IN THE EARLY 1900'S.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: LARGE CONCENTRATION OF SMALL VEINS ACROSS WIDTH OF 50-75 FT. INDIVIDUAL VEINS RARELY EXCEED 2 FEET IN WIDTH OR 150 FEET IN LENGTH. CONCENTRATE LOCALLY INTO LODES. STRIAE INDICATE COMPLEX FAULT MOVEMENT. SOME NORMAL SOME REVERSE.
Comment (Deposit): SEE M050208, PRIMOS GROUP.
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, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375
Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, COOPER AND SILVER, PROF. PAPER 416
Reference (Production): COOPER AND SILVER, 1964.
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