Tarr Property

The Tarr Property is a tungsten mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,320 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

Name: Tarr Property

State:  Arizona

County:  Pinal

Elevation: 3,320 Feet (1,012 Meters)

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 32.72694, -110.71250

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Tarr Property MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Tarr Property


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver


Location

State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Mammoth District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR STRINGERS


Structure

Type: R
Description: Block Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Post Cretaceous Pre-Pliocene Thrusts And High Angle Normal And Reverse Faults. Cretaceous - Tertiary Intrusives And Consequent Faulting.


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Wolframite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: CRETACEOUS OR TERTIARY LAVA FLOWS THRUST OVER PRECAMBRIAN QUARTZ MONZONITE.

Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000830 OF JAMES E. ELLIOTT WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Workings): 1 VERTICAL SHAFT SEV. HUNDRED FT. DEEP, NOW INACCESSIBLE AND CONSIDERABLE LATERAL WORKINGS. TWO SHALLOW PITS ON BRECCIATED ZONE PRODUCED A SMALL AMOUNT OF SCHEELITE AND WOLFRAMITE.

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ STRINGERS CARRY WOLFRAMITE AND SCHEELITE. FOUND IN BRECCIATED ZONES. VEINS RANGE UP TO 6 IN THICK. 7 QUARTZ VEINS.


References

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1941, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 148

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THEU.S., U.S.G.S. MAP, MR-25.

Reference (Deposit): PETERSON, N.P., ARIZ. UNIV. BULL., VOL. 9, NO. 2, P. 43

Reference (Deposit): 1965 GEOLMAP CREASEY, S.C., PROF. PAPER 47

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): DALE, V. B., 1959, U.S. BUREAU MINES REPT. OF INV. 5516

Reference (Deposit): CREASEY, S.C., 1965, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 471.


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