The Las Guias Mine Group is a tungsten mine located in Pima 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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Las Guias Mine Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Las Guias Mine Group
Secondary: Black Gold Group
Secondary: Immense Lodes
Secondary: Grand Lodes
Secondary: General Electric
Secondary: Obregon Claims
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Arivaca District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Huebnerite
Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): IRREGULAR LENSING QUARTZ-FISSURE VEINS OF LARAMIDE AGE CONTAINING TUNGSTEN AND BASE AND PRECIOUS METAL MINERALIZATION WITH FLUORITE AND MANGANESE.
References
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1974.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S., 1973, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES OF PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 189.
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