The Tough Nut Group is a tungsten mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,300 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: 2,300 Feet (701 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 33.86222, -112.71444
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Tough Nut Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tough Nut Group
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: Vulture District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1954
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
Form: GRAINS & STRINGERS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: HAND PICKED ORE CONTAINED 8% N03
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM'S TO CENTER OF SECT. 18 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
Comment (Development): 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Geology): SCHEELITE OCCURS IN AND ALONG BEDDING PLANES. TWO PARALLEL FRACTURES 50 FEET APART HAVE BEEN WORKED. NO RELATIONSHIP IS EVIDENT BETWEEN DIKES AND INER*. NO RELATIONSHIP IS EVIDENT BETWEEN DIKES AND MINERALIZATION
References
Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B., 1959, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF YUMA, MARICOPA, PINAL, AND GRAHAM COUNTIES, ARIZ, U.S.B.M. RI 5516 P. 35-36
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