Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFaults, Fracturing
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Huebnerite, Pyrite, Scheelite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockQuartz Monzonite · Texas Canyon Quartz Monzonite
StructureBlock Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N To Nw Trending Folds And Thrust Faults Overriding To Ne.
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1900
Identification
Deposit ID10039519
MRDS IDM050208
Alternate namesLittle Dragoon Mts
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.06734, -110.08872
References
COOPER, J.R., AND SILVER, L.T., 1964, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 416LEMMON, UNPUB. DATALEMMON & TWETO, 1962, USGS MAP MR-25WILSON, 1941, ARIZ UNIV BULL V. 12, NO. 2SAWYER, 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.1964 GEOLMAP COOPER AND SILVER, U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 41CIMRI