The General Electric Mine is a tungsten mine located in Pima county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
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General Electric Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: General Electric Mine
Secondary: Grand Lode
Secondary: Immense Lode
Secondary: General Electric Mine I
Secondary: Ii
Secondary: Iii
Secondary: Iv
Secondary: Las Guijas Group
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Las Guijas 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
Owner Name: Tungsten Mining Corp.
Owner Name: F. H. Parker
Years: 1954 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1914
Discovery Year: 1900
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
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
Type: R
Description: Block Faulting.
Type: L
Description: Vein Terminates At Intrusive Contact On Nw & At Ne - Sw Fault On Sw.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation Extend S To 10-20 Ft.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORD
Comment (Workings): 3 MAIN LEVELS
Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS SPORADICALLY IN QUARTZ VEINS
References
Reference (Deposit): SHEIKH, A.M., 1970 LAS GUIJAS DISTRICT: ECON GEOL., V.65 NO. 7
Reference (Deposit): ARIZ DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA
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