The Berger Phillips Mine is a tungsten mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,751 feet.
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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: 4,751 Feet (1,448 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 34.80472, -113.48694
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Berger Phillips Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Berger Phillips Mine
Secondary: Curley Group
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Aquarius Mountains District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Wolframite
Comments
Comment (Location): APPROXIMATE LOCATION
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1942 , BUT QUANTITIES UNKNOWN
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: VEIN IN FAULT FISSURE
References
Reference (Deposit): DALE, V. B., 1961 , TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, AND MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA, U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8078 , P. 69
Reference (Production): U.S.B.M. I.C. 8073
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