Tungsten Hill Mine, La Paz Mining District (Weaver Mining District), Dome Rock Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USAi
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Tungsten Hill Mine | Mine |
La Paz Mining District (Weaver Mining District) | Mining District |
Dome Rock Mountains | Mountain Range |
La Paz County | County |
Arizona | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 44' 41'' North , 114° 19' 14'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Quartzsite | 3,626 (2017) | 12.3km |
La Paz Valley | 699 (2011) | 20.1km |
Ehrenberg | 1,470 (2011) | 24.5km |
Poston | 285 (2011) | 28.2km |
Blythe | 19,208 (2017) | 29.6km |
Nearest Clubs:
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Club | Location | Distance |
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Quartzsite Roadrunners Gem & Mineral Club | Quartzsite, Arizona | 12km |
Mindat Locality ID:
33552
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:33552:9
GUID (UUID V4):
a2c5d98d-ec58-4989-8b05-77848cfd7c2e
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Quartzite Tungsten Mine; Jackpot and Velmaette groups; Jackpot claims; Jackpot and Velma Quartzite claims
Ref.: Dale, V.B. (1959) Tungsten Deposits of Yuma, Maricopa, Pinal, and Graham Counties, Arizona. U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigation 5516: 20-21.
Lemmon, D.M., and Tweto, O.L. (1962) Tungsten in the U.S., USGS map, MR-25.
Keith, Stanton B. (1978) State of Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology, Geological Survey Branch Bull. 192, Index of Mining Properties in Yuma County, Arizona: 160 (Table 4).
Lemmon, D.M., unpublished data.
U.S. Bureau of Mines card file.
Arizona Bureau of Mines file data.
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10008544, MRDS ID #D000835; and Dep. ID #10098212, MRDS ID #M004391; and, Dep. ID #10161692, MAS ID #0040120482.
A former surface and underground W mine located in West-central sec. 27, T8N, R20W, 0.6 miles NE of the Darling Mine. Owned by the Gold Hill Dredging Co.
Mineralization is sporadic scheelite in garnet-epidote tactite along Mesozoic quartz-biotite schist and limestone contact, and in related fractures where cut by quartz veins. Idocrase (vesuvianite) rock in schist.
Workings include a shaft(s) and open cut operations worked in 1943-1944, and in the 1950's. It produced some 4,000 or more tons of about 0.4% WO3 ore. In 1943-1944, 368 tons of sorted ore containing 433 units of WO3 were shipped to the Metals Reserve Co.
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2 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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ⓘ Epidote Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) Description: Occurs in a garnet-epidote tactite. |
ⓘ Scheelite Formula: Ca(WO4) |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
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ⓘ | Scheelite | 7.GA.05 | Ca(WO4) |
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
ⓘ | Epidote | 9.BG.05a | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | ⓘ Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
O | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | ⓘ Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
Ca | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
W | Tungsten | |
W | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
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Link to USGS MRDS: | 10008544 |
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