Mine detail: Primos Group

Previously called 'Little Dragoon Mts'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.06734, -110.08872

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Huebnerite, Pyrite, Scheelite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1900

Geology

Host rock:	Texas Canyon Quartz Monzonite
Host type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Block Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N To Nw Trending Folds And Thrust Faults Overriding To Ne.
Tectonic:	Basin And Range

References

MRDS	M050208
DEP	10039519
Reference	{Deposit:: COOPER, J.R., AND SILVER, L.T., 1964, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 416}{Deposit:: LEMMON, UNPUB. DATA}{Deposit:: LEMMON & TWETO, 1962, USGS MAP MR-25}{Deposit:: WILSON, 1941, ARIZ UNIV BULL V. 12, NO. 2}{Deposit:: SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.}{Deposit:: 1964 GEOLMAP COOPER AND SILVER, U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 41}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R., Bolm, Karen S., Orris, Greta J.