Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
SecondaryCopper, Quartz
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlNo Relationship Between Structure And Ore Concentration Is Discernable.
Geology
Host rockQuartz Monzonite · Texas Canyon
StructureTertiary Block Faulting Trending Nnw ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N To Nw Trending Folds & Thrust Faults Overriding To Ne
Tectonic settingBasin & Range
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1898
Identification
Deposit ID10039399
MRDS IDM050028
Alternate namesBluebird Hill, Primos Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.06679, -110.08399
References
COOPER, J. R. AND SILVER, L. T. 1964, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 416.WILSON, E.D., 1941, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 148.LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.5) WILSON, E.D., 1941, ARIZ. UNIV. BULL. VOL. 12, NO. 2. KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 55.PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.LIVINGSTON, MAUGER, BENNETT, AND LAUGHLIN, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375SAWYER, 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.1943 GEOLMAP KRAUSKOPF AND STOPPER, MAPPED MINE.1964 GEOLMAP U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, COOPER AND SILVER, PROF. PAPER 416.CIMRIKEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.