The Upshaw Tungsten Mines Group is a tungsten, gold, and molybdenum mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,750 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: 3,750 Feet (1,143 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten, Gold, Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 32.83917, -110.86972
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Upshaw Tungsten Mines Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Upshaw Tungsten Mines Group
Secondary: Gold Circle
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Gold
Primary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Gold Circle 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1925
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Nnw Trending Block Faulting
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Powellite
Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Development): 6 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS CONTAIN SPORADIC ORE MINERALS
Comment (Workings): 75 FT INCLINED SHAFT, 25 AND 18 FT VERTICAL SHAFTS, 25 FT ADIT, 5 0 FT OF DRIFTING, 10 SHALLOW OPEN CUTS
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050213 WITH RE CORD M030479 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): DALE, 1959, USBM RI 5516
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, 1941, ABM BULL 148
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): KRIEGER, 1974, USGS MAP GQ-1109
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