USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · La Paz County
Tungsten Giant Mine
Unconfirmed Tungsten Mixed Underground / Surface 2 mapped shafts
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- La Paz
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Tungsten
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former surface and underground W-Fe mine located in the SE¼ sec. 30, T5N, R13W, on land of unknown status. Owned/operated at times, or in part, by Mathews; and, Mirabel. Mineralization is sparse, sporadic scheelite in discontinuous, fractured quar…
Additional documented workings
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Shaft
— documented in 2 source records.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 2 shaft symbols
- Shaft : Hope , 1961
- Shaft : Hope , 1961
View individual source records (4)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Surface-Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Surface-Underground · oper_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Mathews · Historical operator
- Mirabel · Historical operator
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- commodity:Iron
- commodity:Tungsten
- Muscovite
- Pyrite
- Scheelite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (2)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR
Type: Historical mine documents
Record: 1 historical document
Supports:
- historical mine identity
- historical mine documentation
Historical documentation does not imply current access or open workings.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 33510
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (5)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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