Las Guias Mine Group

The Las Guias Mine Group is a tungsten mine located in Pima county, Arizona.

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 Guias Mine Group  

State:  Arizona

County:  Pima

Elevation:

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 31.83333, -111.41667

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Las Guias Mine Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Las Guias Mine Group
Secondary: Black Gold Group
Secondary: Immense Lodes
Secondary: Grand Lodes
Secondary: General Electric
Secondary: Obregon Claims


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite


Location

State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Arivaca District


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
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Huebnerite
Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Deposit): IRREGULAR LENSING QUARTZ-FISSURE VEINS OF LARAMIDE AGE CONTAINING TUNGSTEN AND BASE AND PRECIOUS METAL MINERALIZATION WITH FLUORITE AND MANGANESE.


References

Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): KEITH, 1974.

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S., 1973, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES OF PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 189.


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