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Tungsten King Mine

US / AZ
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Tungsten King Mine is a historic mining site in Cochise, Arizona, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The mineralization is hosted in Schist, within the Basin And Range setting. Reported specimens include Beryl, Bismuth, Calcite, Copper, Galena, Jarosite; gangue is recorded as Calcite, Jarosite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz. The site was discovered in 1913; workings are surface/underground.

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Found Here

BerylBismuthCalciteCopperGalenaJarositeLimoniteMolybdenitePyriteQuartzSphaleriteWolframite

Geology and deposit

Host rock
Schist
Associated rock
Tungsten King — Quartz Monzonite
Orebody form
VEIN
Tectonic setting
Basin And Range
Gangue minerals
CalciteJarositeLimonitePyriteQuartz
Structure

Tertiary Block Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N And Nw Trending Folds And Thrust Faults Overriding To Ne., Tungsten King Fault.

Ore control

Fault , Granite-Schist Contact

Mining history

Status
Past Producer
Workings
Surface/Underground
Production size
Small
Discovered
1913

Records and references

Cited references

COOPER , J.R. AND SILVER, L. T. 1964, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 416. LIVINGSTON, MAUGER, BENNETT, AND LAUGHLIN, 1976, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375DALE ET AL, 1960, USBM RI 5650 P. 43-45KEITH, 1973, ABM BULL 187WARNER, L.A., HOLSER, W.T., WILMARTH, V.R., AND CAMERON, E.N., 1959, OCCURRENCE OF NONPEGMATITE BERYLLIUM IN THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 318.1949 GEOCHEM W. T. HOLSER, USGS, SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS FOR W AND BE1964 GEOLMAP U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, COOPER AND SILVER; PROF. PAPER 416. COOPER AND SILVER, 1964

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10039394 — view the source record

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Coordinates: 32.07401, -110.14372

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