Las Guijas Tungsten Placers

The Las Guijas Tungsten Placers is a tungsten mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,501 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: Las Guijas Tungsten Placers  

State:  Arizona

County:  Pima

Elevation: 3,501 Feet (1,067 Meters)

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 31.66333, -111.36917

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Las Guijas Tungsten Placers MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Las Guijas Tungsten Placers


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten


Location

State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Las Guijas District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


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

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION DURING WORLD WAR I. INTERMITTENT SINCE, ESPECIALLY AFTER HEAVY RAINS.

Comment (Deposit): NE SLOPE LAS QUIJAS MTNS.

Comment (Workings): DRY AND WET PLACER OPERATIONS.

Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS INFORMATION FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000810, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT


References

Reference (Production): ( 8 ) KEITH, S. B., 1974 , P. 106 .

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 106 .

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E. D., 1941 , TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 148 , P. 39 .

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI


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