Arizona · Pinal County
Producer
Elephant Butte Mine
Pinal County, Arizona, United States
Tungsten
Molybdenum
Copper
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Description
Jesse And Hart Mullins
Commodities
Primary
Tungsten
Tertiary
Molybdenum, Copper
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit size
S
Workings
Surface/Underground
Ore control
Near Diabase Sills And Dikes
Materials
Ore minerals
Chalcocite, Copper, Scheelite
Gangue
Chlorite, Feldspar, Muscovite, Quartz
Geology
Host rock
Schist · Pinal Schist
Associated rock
Diabase
Economic & production
Development status
Producer
Discovery year
1951
Identification
Deposit ID
10109787
MRDS ID
M241228
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
33.33369, -111.27792
References
USBM RI 5516, 1959, P. 47-48J. WILLIAM HASLER, 1977 CRIB FILEDALE, 1959