The Gabitzsch-Owens Tungsten Group is a tungsten mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,400 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: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 33.35, -110.98333
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Gabitzsch-Owens Tungsten Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gabitzsch-Owens Tungsten Group
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Summit District
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: B. A. Gabitzsch And James Owen
Years: 1951 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
Type: L
Description: Minor Faulting On The Claims
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Wolframite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Muscovite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1965)
Comment (Deposit): ONE ENRICHED ZONE FORMED AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE VEIN AND A QUARTZ FILLED FRACTURE
Comment (Workings): 25 FOOT ADIT, 11 SHALLOW OPEN CUTS
References
Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B., 1959, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF YUMA, MARICOPA, PINAL, AND GRAHAM COUNTIES, ARIZ., USBM RI 5516 P. 47
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