Mine detail: Bull Canyon Group

Previously called 'IguanaTungstate'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.9492, -113.90662

Resource(B)

Primary:	Tungsten
Secondary:	Copper, Molybdenum
Tertiary:	Beryllium, Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Scheelite, Wolframite
Gangue:	Beryl, Fluorite, Quartz
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL
Discovery year:	1928

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Phyllite,Granite
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Phyllite, Foliation N30-40e, 75-90se
Alteration processes:	Scheelite-Bearing Rock Is More Micaceous And Limonite Stained

References

MRDS	M003786
DEP	10102536
Reference	{Deposit:: DALE, 1961, USBM IC 8078, P. 84-86.}{Deposit:: HOBBS, 1944, USGS BULL 940-I.}{Deposit:: KERR, 1946, GSA MEM 15.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: USBM IC 8078, P. 84.}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Orris, Greta J.