The Circle Claims is a tungsten mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,249 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: 4,249 Feet (1,295 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 31.71889, -111.59361
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Circle Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Circle Claims
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Baboquivari District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: G. T. Harford And C. E. Bent
Years: 1940 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1939
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: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Wolframite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: STEEPSIDES OF SCHAFFER CANYON CONSIST OF A FAULTED COMPLEX OF SILICEOUS SEDIMENTARY BEDS AND VOLCANIC ROCKS, INTRUDES BY DIKES OF ACIDIC TO INTERMEDIATE COMPOSITION
Comment (Deposit): RECORD # D000792 BY JAMES E. ELLIOTT HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS ONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): VEIN CONSISTS OF DULL WHITE QUARTZ.
Comment (Workings): A FEW SHALLOW CUTS.
Comment (Production): INQUIRIES BY DALE ETAL, 1961, INDICATED THAT LITTLE IF ANY PRODUCTION WAS MADE IN THE CLAIMS IN RECENT YEARS.
References
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D. 1941, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: ARIZ. BUR MINES BULL. 148
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON D.M., 1945, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: USGS UNPUBL. DATA
Reference (Deposit): DALE ETAL, 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS... USBM RI 5650
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP MR-25.
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