Arizona · Maricopa, Gila County
Past Producer

El Oso Mine

Maricopa, Gila County, Arizona, United States
TungstenMolybdenum
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Description

E.R., P.J., & H.G. Harrison And Bern Swensk

Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
TertiaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLINEAR
Ore controlSteep Fissures Intruded By Aplite Or Pegmatite Dikes
Materials
Ore mineralsMolybdenite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Wolframite
GangueFluorite, Quartz, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rockPegmatite
StructureGranite Cut By A Mile Wide Belt Of Granite Porphyry. Fissures Stri King N-S, N20-25e, N45e, N65w
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1941
Identification
Deposit ID10027337
MRDS IDM002890
Alternate namesNew Discovery, Harrison
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.75368, -111.37765
References
WILSON, 1941, ABM BULL 148, P. 31.DALE, 1961, USBM IC 8078.ADMR FILE DATA.CIMRIDALE, 1961, P. 12