Pinto Tungsten Mine

The Pinto Tungsten Mine is a tungsten mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,300 feet.

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

Name: Pinto Tungsten Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Gila

Elevation: 2,300 Feet (701 Meters)

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 33.52917, -110.98917

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Pinto Tungsten Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Pinto Tungsten Mine
Secondary: Wagner


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten


Location

State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Wagner District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Year: 1952
Time Period: 1938 - 1952
Material type: WO3
Description: Cp_Grade: ^3% Wo3
Year: 1938
Material type: WO3
Description: Ap_Grade: ^55% Wo3


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

Form: LINEAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleocene

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Scheelite


Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS ON THE PROPERTY CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHALLOW OPENCUTS AND PITS AND THREE SHORT ADITS, EACH LESS THAN 50 FEET LONG


References

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1941, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINE BULLETIN 148, P. 29.

Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8078.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8078.


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