Tungsten King Mine

The Tungsten King Mine is a tungsten mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,249 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

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Site Name

Primary: Tungsten King Mine
Secondary: Black Rock Group
Secondary: Tungsten King Group. Tungsten Queen Group

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Tellurium
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Lead

Location

State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Cochise District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Owner Name: Standard Tungsten Corp.
Home Office: Benson, Az.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1913
Discovery Method: 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: VEIN

Structure

Type: R
Description: Tertiary Block Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N And Nw Trending Folds And Thrust Faults Overriding To Ne.

Type: L
Description: Tungsten King Fault.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 53.000000+-
Age Young: Tertiary

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: BETWEEN 0.0008 AND 0.052% BA0

Materials

Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: TUNGSTEN KING VEIN LIES WITHIN TUNGSTEN KING FAULT WHICH SEPARATES PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE FROM PRECAMBRIAN SCHIST. FAULT IS LATE CRETACEOUS OR TERTIARY.

Comment (Location): NW 1/4 SEC. 6. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Commodity): TUNGSTEN CONCENTRATION VARIES FROM LESS THAN 0.1 PERCENT TO 2 PERCENT W03. BE0 VARIES UP TO 0.052 PERCENT. PB, CU, ZN ALSO OCCUR UNDER C20.

Comment (Production): ABOUT 12 TONS OF TUNGSTEN CONCENTRATES PRODUCED INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1913 TO 1954.

Comment (Development): 12 CLAIMS ; PREVIOUS OWNERS INCLUDE GOLD, SILVER, & TUNGSTEN 1NC, CRAMER MINING AND MILLING CO

Comment (Workings): PIT, ADIT, AND SHAFT WORKINGS , 335 FT ADIT, 180 FT DRIFT WITH 260 FT OF CROSSCUTS

References

Reference (Deposit): COOPER , J.R. AND SILVER, L. T. 1964, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 416.

Reference (Deposit): LIVINGSTON, MAUGER, BENNETT, AND LAUGHLIN, 1976, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375

Reference (Deposit): DALE ET AL, 1960, USBM RI 5650 P. 43-45

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1973, ABM BULL 187

Reference (Deposit): WARNER, L.A., HOLSER, W.T., WILMARTH, V.R., AND CAMERON, E.N., 1959, OCCURRENCE OF NONPEGMATITE BERYLLIUM IN THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 318.

Reference (Deposit): 1949 GEOCHEM W. T. HOLSER, USGS, SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS FOR W AND BE

Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, COOPER AND SILVER; PROF. PAPER 416.

Reference (Production): COOPER AND SILVER, 1964

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