Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
SecondarySemiprecious Gemstone, Quartz
TertiaryBismuth, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite, Beryllium
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR, EN ECHELON
Ore controlFaulting
Materials
Ore mineralsBismuthinite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Silver, Specularite, Wolframite
GangueBeryl, Biotite, Hornblende, Muscovite, Orthoclase, Quartz
Geology
Host rockHornblendite
Associated rockPegmatite
AlterationOxidized At Least 40 Feet Below Out Crop.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1915-1935, 1951-1956
First production1915
Discovery year1914
Identification
Deposit ID10027556
MRDS IDM003351
Alternate namesCamp Wood Tungsten Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.68754, -113.03548
References
DALE, V.B., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8078, P. 43.WILSON, E.D., 1941, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 148, P. 21.LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP MR-25.ANDERSON, C.A., 1955, USGS PP 278.LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATS BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.CIMRI