The Les Jimfre Claims is a tungsten mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,150 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: 4,150 Feet (1,265 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 31.63361, -111.62694
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Les Jimfre Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Les Jimfre Claims
Secondary: Lesjimfre
Secondary: Greenfield State Lease
Secondary: Carlson
Secondary: Fernstrom
Secondary: Cummins
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Beryllium
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Baboquivari District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1953
Description: Ap_Grade: ^200 Units Wo3 At 55 - 60 % Wo3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
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: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Calcareous Schist Strikes Nw
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Porphyry
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1960 SAMPLE ASSAY 0.23 % WO3
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SPORADIC SCHEELITE AND BERYLLIUM MINERALIZATION.
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW SHAFT, OPEN CUTS AND PITS.
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS INFORMATION FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000812 BY JAMES E. ELLIOT, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1974, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189, P. 109.
Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B., STEWART, L.A., AND MCKINNEY, W.A., 1960, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF COCHISE, PIMA, AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES, ARIZ.: USBM R.I. 5650.
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): ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 109 .
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