The Vindicator Group is a tungsten mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,799 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: 3,799 Feet (1,158 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 31.65417, -111.37667
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Vindicator Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Vindicator Group
Secondary: Stewart - Fernstrom Carboloy Group
Secondary: Union Nos 1-3
Secondary: Guijas Nos 1-4
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Arivaca 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: C. C. Calvin
Years: 1957 -
Owner Name: I. M. Whitney
Years: 1956 -
Production
Year: 1956
Material type: W
Description: Ap_Grade: ^68% Wo3 From 17 Tons Ore
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1925
Discovery Year: 1916
Discovery Method: Unknown
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
Form: IRREGULAR/ PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Type: R
Description: Block Faulting
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): INFORMATION GIVEN IN TEXT WAS SUPPLIED BY L. G. FERNSTROM, AS WORKINGS WERE LOCKED DURING WRITER'S VISIT.
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS INFORMATION FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000825 BY JAMES E. ELLIOT WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): SIMILAR DEPOSITS TO THOSE AT GOOD ENOUGH CLAIMS; ZONES OF SMALL QUARTZ STRINGERS.
Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS AND 3 STOPES
Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: GRANITE; VOLCANIC BRECCIA ; GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ LENSES IN FRACTURE ZONES THROUGH GRANITE. VEIN TERMINATES. AT CONTACT WITH BIOTITE MINETTE
References
Reference (Production): (1)DALE,1961. (8)SHEIK,1970.
Reference (Deposit): DALE, AND OTHERS, 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF COCHISE, PIMA, AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES: USBM RI 5650
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1941, TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT OF ARIZONA; ABM BULL. 148
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., 1945, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: USGS UNPUBL.
Reference (Deposit): SHEIK, A.M. 1970, LAS GUIJAS DISTRICT: ECON. GEOL. V65 NO. 7
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S., 1974, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES OF PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ABM BULL 189.
Reference (Deposit): 1957 RECON USBM RI 5650
Reference (Deposit): DALE, STEWART, AND MCKINNEY, 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF COCHISE, PIMA AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES; USBM RI 5650
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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