Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR TO IRREGULAR MASSIVE
Ore controlFault Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsScheelite
GangueCalcite, Dolomite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Escabrosa Limestone
Associated rockGranite
StructureBlock Faulting Trending Nnw ; Reg.Trends: Post Cretaceous & Pre-Pliocene Thrust & High Angle Normal And Reverse Faults. Cretaceous-Tertiary Intrusives And Consequent Faulting., Mogul Fault
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationSilicification Of Breccia, Dolomitization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1943-1944
First production1943
Last production1944
Discovery year1943
Identification
Deposit ID10039523
MRDS IDM050217
Alternate namesCampo Bonito Group, Bonito Mines
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.55844, -110.73624
References
DALE, V.B., 1959, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF YUMA, MARICOPA, PINAL, AND GRAHAM COUNTIES, ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU MINES REPT. OF INV. 5516, 68 P.LUDDEN, R.W. JR., 1950, GEOLOGY OF THE CAMPO BENITO AREA, ORACLE, ARIZONA: TUCSON, ARIZ., UNIV. ARIZONA, M.S. THESIS, 49 P.WILSON, E.D., 1941, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 148, 54 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 STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.1944 COMPILE STRATEGIC MINERALS INVESTIGATION1944 DIREXPL MT. LEMMON MINING CO. DRILL HOLES.1949 DIREXPL MT. LEMMON MINING CO. DRILL HOLES.1959 COMPILE U.S. BUREAU MINES, R.I. 5516CIMRIDALE, V.B., 1959.