The Boulder Claim Group is a tungsten mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,800 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: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 32.05389, -110.09083
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Boulder Claim Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Boulder Claim Group
Secondary: Old Haw
Secondary: Hillside
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Cochise District, South Dragoon Mtns Area.
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: Boulder Tungsten Mng Co .
Years: 1973 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past 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: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): SPORADIC TOTAL PRODUCTION OF SOME 30 TONS OF TUNGSTEN CONCENTRATES IN EARLY 1900'S AND FROM 1933 TO 1954.
Comment (Deposit): NARROW DISCONTINUOUS QUARTZ VEINS IN ALTERED QUARTZ MONZONITE.
Comment (Workings): SURFACE WORKINGS.
Comment (Geology): SOME ASSOCIATED TUNGSTEN PLACERS.
Comment (Commodity): MINOR SCHEELITE AND PYRITE PRESENT
Comment (Location): SW 1/4 SEC 10, UTM EST
References
Reference (Deposit): LIVINGSTON, MAUGER, BENNETT, AND LAUGHLIN, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375
Reference (Production): ARIZ B OF M BULL 187 P 55.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 55
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