The Good Enough Claims Nos. 1 and 2 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: 31.64833, -111.36417
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Good Enough Claims Nos. 1 and 2 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Good Enough Claims Nos. 1 and 2
Secondary: Zappia Claims
Secondary: Soto Group
Secondary: Esperanza Group
Secondary: Whitcomb
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Las Guijas District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: G. A. Prandini And J. A. Zappia
Owner Name: Don Lieberman Enterprises, Inc, - And Then - Lemas.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1941
Year Last Production: 1941
Discovery Year: 1892
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
Form: IRREGULAR/PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Type: L
Description: Cross-Faulting And Post Mineral Lamprophyre Dikes.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Iron And Copper Stains, Wall Rock Altered To Sericite.
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Commodity): MINE FIRST LOCATED FOR SILVER; SUBSEQUENTLY ABANDONED AND RELOCATED SEVERAL TIMES; SHEIKH 1970 SAYS THAT HUEBNERITE, SCHEELITE AND SULFIDES ARE ABSENT.
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED FRANK ZAPPIA
Comment (Deposit): ORE IN QUARTZ LENSES IN IRREGULAR FRACTURE ZONE THROUGH GRANITIC FORMATION; EXPOSED FOR 800 FT. ALONG STRIKE.
Comment (Workings): MINE HAS 3 ADITS, SOME STOPES.
Comment (Geology): STRUCTURAL TRENDS AND ALIGNMENTS. SAME AS OTHERS IN LAS GUIJAS GROUP ; BUT MINERALIZATION IS IN VOLCANIC BRECCIA AND NOT IN GRANITE OR CONTACT. ; GEOL.DESC: ORE SHOOTS ARE SPORADIC AND SEPARATED BY BARREN LENSES.
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD INCLUDES INFORMATION FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000803 WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
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 DEPOSITS OF ARIZ.: ABM BULL 148
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON D.M. 1945, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZ: USGS UNPUBL. DATA
Reference (Deposit): SHEIKH, A.M. 1970, LAS GUIJAS DISTRICT: ECON GEOL. V. 65 NO. 7
Reference (Deposit): DALE, STEWART, AND MCKINNEY, 1960, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF COCHISE, PIMA AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 5650.
Reference (Deposit): 1957 RECON USBM RI-565
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): DALE AND OTHERS, 1961, USBM RI 5650
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