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Tungsten Deposits of Cochise, Pima, and Santa Cruz Counties, Are bureau of mines R I report of investigations 5650 TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF COCHISE, PIMA, AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES, ARE. By V. B. Dale, L. A. Stewart, and W. A. McKinney UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF COCHISE, PIMA, AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES, AFUZ. By V. B. hle,L. A. Stewart, and W. A. MJ(inney + r r + r + r r r report of investigations 5650 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE lNTERIOR Fred A. Seaton, Secretary BUREAU OF MINES Marling J. Ankeny, Director This publication has been cataloged as follows: I Dale, Vernon B Tungsten deposits of Cochise. Pim, and Santa Cruz coun- ties, Ariz., by V. B. Dole. L. A. Stewart, and W. A. McKinney. [Washingtonl US. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Mines [I 9601 iv. 132 p. illus., mops, tobles. 26 cm. (US. %re-" of Mines. Report of investigotions. 5650) Bibliographicd footnotes. 1. Tungsten - Arizona. I. Title. (Series1 TN23.U7 no. 5650 622.06173 I U.S. Dept. of the Int. Library. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, US. Government Printing Office Washington 25, D.C. - Price 65 cents CONTENTS Summary and introduction................................. Acknowledgments .......................................... Description of deposits.................................. Cochise County ...................................... Paradise-Dos Cabezas area ...................... Silver Hill mine .......................... Galeyville group .......................... Columbia mine ............................. Leadville group ........................... Kentucky Belle and Boston Belle ........... King Ainsworth property ................... Chiricahua mine ........................... Hilltop mine .............................. Silver Strike (Devonian group) ............ Silver Bell claims........................ Austin mine ............................... Ram claims................................ Comstock Lode tungsten claims............. Rough claims.............................. Huachuca Mountains area ........................ Tungsten Reef mine ........................ Emerald claims ............................ Lucky Strike mine ......................... Jack Wakefield mine ....................... Harper mine ............................... Mori mill ................................. Van Horn property ......................... Western tungsten mine ..................... Zaleski claims ............................ Arrow group ............................... Fort Huachuca Military Reservation ........ Little Dragoon Mountains. ...................... Tungsten King mine ........................ Standard tungsten mill at Pomerene, Ariz .. Primos group .............................. Little Fanny group ........................ Boulder claims ............................ Burrell claim ............................. Homestake group ........................... Johnson Camp .............................. Placers ................................... Whetstone Mountains ............................ Chadwick claims........................... James (Nunnelley) claims.................. Evening Star claims....................... CONTENTS (Con .) Dragoon Mountains .............................. Black Prince and Johnnie Boy group ........ Swisshelm Mountains ............................ Big Four and Valley View claims ........... Mineral Reserves mill.......................... Pima County ......................................... Eastern part of the Papago Indian Reservation .. Northern area .................................. Big Banana mine (C. G . Glasscock- Tidelands Oil CO.) ....................... Linda claim ............................... Sparks mine ............................... Brown prospect ............................ Last Chance claim ......................... San Juan mine ............................. Jezebel mine .............................. Yellow Star mine .......................... Independence group ........................ Rushbey prospect .......................... Cable and Gajewski claim.................. Southside prospect ........................ Calvert prospects ......................... Lone Eagle prospect ....................... Mego Nos . 1 and 2 ......................... Southern area .................................. Giant claims .............................. Milling ................................... Mineral Hill-Twin Buttes area .................. Senator Morgan mine ....................... Serasio mine .............................. Mineral Hill mine ......................... Arivaca district............................... Good Enough claims ........................ Vindicator claim .......................... Las Guijas mine ........................... Black Gold group .......................... Easter prospect ........................... Arivaca placers ........................... Lesjimfre prospect ......................... Circle claims ............................. Empire Mountains ............................... Hilton property ............................ Santa Rita Mountains ........................... Helvetia Camp ............................. Christenson-Lane group .................... C 8 H prospect ............................ 111 iii CONTENTS (Con .) Santa Catalina Mountains ....................... 112 Taylor X claims........................... 112 Control mines ............................. 113 Big Bug claims ............................ 118 Santa Cruz County ................................... 119 Calabasas tungsten ............................. 119 Martha Washington claim ........................ 120 Red Mountain claims ............................ 122 Appendix Rock-type log ....................................... 123 Assay log ............................................ 130 Mines checked with ultraviolet lamp which showed no evidence of scheelite mineralization .............. 132 ILLUSTRATIONS Potentially scheelite-bearing Paleozoic limestone area in California mining district. Cochise County. Ariz .............................. 4 Location map of Paradise-Dos Cabezas area ........... 5 Silver Hill mine from Brunton survey ................ 7 Geologic map of part of the Paradise area. Cochise County. Ariz .............................. 9 Columbia mine. Cochise County. Ariz ................. 13 Plan and section. Devonian mine. Cochise County. Ariz .............................. 19 Plan and section of incline shaft on epidote vein. Devonian property. Cochise County. Ariz ........... 21 Ella shaft workings. Silver Bell claim. Cochise County. Ariz .............................. 23 Workings on Austin claim. Cochise County. Ariz ...... 24 Location map. Huachuca Mountains area. Cochise County. Ariz .............................. 28 Flowsheet. Tungsten Reef mill. Huachuca Mountains ... 30 Tungsten Reef mine. Cochise County. Ariz ............ 32 Plan of Harper mine from Brunton survey ............. 36 Section of main tunnel. Harper mine. Cochise County. Ariz .............................. 37 Location map of Little Dragoon deposits. Cochise County. Ariz .............................. 42 Tungsten King mine. Little Dragoon Mountains ........ 44 Primos mine. Little Dragoon Mountains ............... 47 Sketch map of Little Fanny mine. Little Dragoon Mountains ......................................... 49 Location map of Whetstone Mountains deposits........ 55 ILLUSTRATIONS (Con. ) & Locations map of Black Prince and Johnnie Boy group, Dragoon Mountains................................, Black Prince and Johnnie Boy claims, Dragoon Mountains........................................, Big Four mine, Swisshelm Mountains.................. No. 1 adit, Big Four mine, Swisshelm Mountains...... Tungsten deposits, eastern part of Papago Indian Reservation, Pima County, Ariz.................... Location map of tungsten deposits, northern Baboquivari Mountains area........................ Plan and section, Big Banana mine................... Claim map, Giant tungsten group, Pima County, Ariz.. Mill flowsheet, C. G. Glasscock-Tidelands Oil Co., Pima County, Ariz......... ........................ Location map of tungsten deposits in Mineral Hill- Twin Buttes area, Pima County, Ariz........... .... Claim map, Morgan group............................. Quartz area, Senator Morgan mine (composite) ........ Blocks I and 11, quartz area, Senator Morgan mine... Blocks I11I and IV, quartz area, Senator Morgan mine. Block V, quartz area, Senator Morgan mine........... Test pit, No. 16-B, Senator Morgan mine............. Senator Morgan mine, Morgan (old) shaft, 165-foot level.................................... Part of Serasio group, Twin Buttes district, Pima County, Ariz.. ............................... Location of tungsten properties in the Arivaca area, Pima County, Ariz................................. Plan of mine workings, Good Enouqh No. 1 tunqsten. claim, Pima County, Ariz........................... 101 Tungsten Mining Corp. tungsten property, Las Guijas district, Pima County, Ariz........................ 103 Location map showing approximate trend of scheelite zone, Empire Mountains, Pima County, Ariz.......... 108 Location map of scheelite occurrences in Helvetia district, Pima County, Ariz....................... 110 Location map of C & H prospect...................... 112 Location map of scheelite deposits in Santa Catalina Mountains, Pima County, Ariz...................... 114 Geologic map of Taylor X scheelite deposit .......... 115 Control mines, Santa Catalina Mountains, Pima County, Ariz................................. 116 Location map of Big Bug prospect,
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