Vindicator Group

The Vindicator Group is a tungsten mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,799 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: Vindicator Group  

State:  Arizona

County:  Pima

Elevation: 3,799 Feet (1,158 Meters)

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 31.65417, -111.37667

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Vindicator Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Vindicator Group
Secondary: Stewart - Fernstrom Carboloy Group
Secondary: Union Nos 1-3
Secondary: Guijas Nos 1-4


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver


Location

State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Arivaca District


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: C. C. Calvin
Years: 1957 -

Owner Name: I. M. Whitney
Years: 1956 -


Production

Year: 1956
Material type: W
Description: Ap_Grade: ^68% Wo3 From 17 Tons Ore


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1925
Discovery Year: 1916
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR/ PINCH AND SWELL


Structure

Type: R
Description: Block Faulting


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Gangue: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Development): INFORMATION GIVEN IN TEXT WAS SUPPLIED BY L. G. FERNSTROM, AS WORKINGS WERE LOCKED DURING WRITER'S VISIT.

Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS INFORMATION FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000825 BY JAMES E. ELLIOT WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Deposit): SIMILAR DEPOSITS TO THOSE AT GOOD ENOUGH CLAIMS; ZONES OF SMALL QUARTZ STRINGERS.

Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS AND 3 STOPES

Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: GRANITE; VOLCANIC BRECCIA ; GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ LENSES IN FRACTURE ZONES THROUGH GRANITE. VEIN TERMINATES. AT CONTACT WITH BIOTITE MINETTE


References

Reference (Production): (1)DALE,1961. (8)SHEIK,1970.

Reference (Deposit): DALE, AND OTHERS, 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF COCHISE, PIMA, AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES: USBM RI 5650

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1941, TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT OF ARIZONA; ABM BULL. 148

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., 1945, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: USGS UNPUBL.

Reference (Deposit): SHEIK, A.M. 1970, LAS GUIJAS DISTRICT: ECON. GEOL. V65 NO. 7

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S., 1974, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES OF PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ABM BULL 189.

Reference (Deposit): 1957 RECON USBM RI 5650

Reference (Deposit): DALE, STEWART, AND MCKINNEY, 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF COCHISE, PIMA AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES; USBM RI 5650

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI


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