The Giant Claims is a molybdenum and tungsten mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,350 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
Elevation: 3,350 Feet (1,021 Meters)
Commodity: Molybdenum, Tungsten
Lat, Long: 31.66, -111.67444
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Giant Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Giant Claims
Secondary: Giant Nos. 3-10
Secondary: Giant Mine
Secondary: Grand Mountain Claim
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1951
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR, LENSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faulting In Quartzite Bed With Considerable Horizontal Displacemen T
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GRAN D MOUNTAIN CLAIM AVERAGE 0.19% WO3 & 0.04% M003
Analytical Data: ZOISITE BEARING QUARTZITE BED ASSAYED 0.30% WO3 & 0.56% M003
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Powellite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Zoisite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD REPRESENTS THE MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050227 WITH RECORD D000802 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Commodity): CA-AL SILICATES INHIBITS MAGNETIC SEPARATION OF CONCENTRATES
Comment (Location): TOWNSHIP UNSURVEYED
Comment (Workings): NUMEROUS SMALL OPEN CUTS AND PITS
Comment (Geology): QUARTZITE BED IS 4-6 FT THICK. SCHEELITE OCCURS IN DISCONTINUOUS L ENSES
References
Reference (Deposit): DALE, STEWART, & MCKINNY, 1960, USBM RI 5650
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1974
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