The Tombstone is a tungsten mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona.
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
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Tombstone MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tombstone
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Beryllium
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Tonto National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
Analytical Data: DETECTOR VALUES FOR BE RANGED BETWEEN LESS THAN 0.002 TO 0.036 FOR 7 SAMPLES
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): ONE SHAFT AND SEVERAL SURFACE CUTS
Comment (Commodity): SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS INDICATED PRESENCE OF LI, RU, BE, GA
Comment (Deposit): ORE DISSEMINATED IN GRANITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): MEEVES, 1966, USBM RI 6828, P. 58
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