Mine detail: Tungstona Mine

Previously called 'Tungsten'

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Location: Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.62976, -113.15521
dep_id: 10026938
mrds_id: M001168
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten
Trace mineral: Bismuth, Molybdenum, Vanadium, Lead, Beryllium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Lead, Scheelite, Wolframite
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Quartz Veins In Granite
Reporter: Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed), Elliott, James E.
hrock_type: Granite
arock_type: Granite
Structure: Tungsten-Quartz Veins Parallel Wnw Trending Aplite Dikes
disc_yr: 1932
discr: J. Comode
References:
  • Deposit:: DALE, V.B., 1961 , TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8078 , P. 53
  • Deposit:: ANDERSON, C.A., 1955 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BAGDAD AREA, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 278 , P. 97 , 79
  • Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, D.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
  • Deposit:: WILSON, E.D., 1941, ARIZ. UNIV. BULL. VOL. 12, NO. 2
  • Production:: U.S.B.M. I.C. 8078 , P. 53
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