The Las Guijas Tungsten Placers is a tungsten mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,501 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: 3,501 Feet (1,067 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 31.66333, -111.36917
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Las Guijas Tungsten Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Las Guijas Tungsten Placers
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Las Guijas District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: 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: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION DURING WORLD WAR I. INTERMITTENT SINCE, ESPECIALLY AFTER HEAVY RAINS.
Comment (Deposit): NE SLOPE LAS QUIJAS MTNS.
Comment (Workings): DRY AND WET PLACER OPERATIONS.
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS INFORMATION FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000810, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Production): ( 8 ) KEITH, S. B., 1974 , P. 106 .
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 106 .
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E. D., 1941 , TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 148 , P. 39 .
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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