Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-12-05
BIG DEPOSITS OF
TUNGSTEN IN
ARIZONA
Curious and Valuable Minerals
Produced in the Territories;
Something About New Mexico
Wolframite.
Morning Journal Bureau,
.613 Munsey Building,


Washington, d. c., Dec. /.
BY. far the largest part Of the
tungsten produced each year is used
in making tool steel" says Frank
l.. Hess, OF the United States geologi-
cal survey, in a recent report ON the
subject. The market continues
Mr.. Hess, % for tungsten. therefore,
depends largely upon the steel trade,
and when in 1907, along with other
business, the steel industry suffered
q great falling off, the demand for
tungsten decreased greatly.
Prices which during 1907 had
reached $14 per ton unit for ore run
ming 90 per cent or over of tungstic
trioxide fell until there could hardly
be said to be a real market in 1908
In many places men had started TO
develop tungsten deposits in 1907 and
would have continued even at low
prices. but they had no market for
their ores, and so were forced to stop
work. In a number of cases large
buyers bought ore for which they had
no immediate use mostly to keep the
, miners, or part of them, in the tung-
stem fields. so that when the hoped
for greater activity came to the steel
trade there would be men on hand TO
get out the tungsten ore which would
then be needed Although this was
f~ar-sighted business policy, II was al
so generous, AS firms paid to miners,
with whom they had dealt for a con
siderable time, prices higher than
those for which foreign ores could he
bought.
''The principal tungsten deposits in
| Arizona are those located about four
| miles north of Dragon. Coehise coun-
| ~ ThorG are a great nllnDI Oh
quartz veins which cut a rather coarse
granite and carry ~hubnerite with
small quantities of white to honey
yellow scheelite, and pyrite, chalco-
| pyrite, and flourspar. some mining
! has been done on the veins by tho
I Primes Chemical company of Primes,
| Pa, but a much larger production has
through III weathering and degrade
ton of the country. Some placer hui
bernite was produced in 1908.
"Hubernite is described as occur
ring under similar vein conditions at
Arivaca, ~ miles south of Tucson, in
the Guijas mountaines. The distance
to railway transportation is so great
tina little has been done with the de-
posts. During 1908, however, a ship
ment of ore was made from the Tung-
stem No. 3 claim of j. L. and Chas,
+. Udall.
Seven and one-half miles north
of Nogales, near the Southern Pacific
railroad, ara deposits of wolframite,
the geology of which seems to be
similar to that of the deposits near
Dragon. A small quantity of schee-
lite accompanies the wolframite.
There has been little development
work on the deposits, and only a
small quantity of ore has been ship
ped.
In the MILESTONE mountains.
about IL miles south of Benson, wolf
ramite occurs in peculiar segrega-
tons in a white granite and In a quartz
vein cutting the granite. The wolfra-
mite appears to be an original con-
stituent Of the granite, just as horn
blende or biotic occur in other gran
ties. The Euclid Mining company
made a small production from the
deposit, but work has ceased. The de-
posits are briefly described in Bulle-
tin $50 of the Survey.
Eighteen miles northeast of Yuc-
ca, Mohave county, w~olframlites occurs
in quartz veins cutting a sineous mica
schist. No production is known to
have been made.
For several years williams and
Pittman nave been producing wolfra-
mite from deposits in the Aquarius
Range, IL miles east of the Big san
dy, so miles southeast of Kingman,
and not far from owens.
Several other tungstcn-bearing To-
~calities are reported In the same gem
eral region. but nothing is definitely
known of them.
"Scheelite occurs with gold and sill
yer in the Maudina mine. old Hat
district, Santa Catalina mountains.
Pinal county, northeast of Tucson.
The gangue carries oxides of iron
which will probably give place to sui
phides at greater depth. Shipments
of scheelite are made from time TO
time.
In referring to the mining of wolf
ramite, scheelite and ismuth ores in
New Mexico, Mr.. Hess, in his report
THE Wild Ca Leasing company
produces wolframite from the Home
stake group of claims which are min
ed for gold and silver at While Oaks.
Lincoln county.
"Scheelite occurs in the mine OF the
Anderson-pache Copper company,
Hachita, Grant county. but none has
been produced commercially. Schee-
lie is also reported from the Daisy
mine. 7 miles southeast of Hachita.
The ores in this mine are carbonates
carrying copper gold. silver. and bis
The country rock is limestane
at both mines.
I'm the Victoria district, 4 miles
south of Gage. Luna county. on the
Southern Pacific railroad, a quartz
vein from l to 5 feet thick interests
limestone and carries hubernite ac-
by %galena, pyrite, wulfe-
rite, lead carbonate. and a little schee-
lie. There are no ~igneous outcrops in
the vincinity. There has been some
production.
'Scheelite occurs with bismuth ores
On claims on the east side of San An
west Of Tularosa. and 3 miles north
treas ranse Socorro. county. 81 miles
the Dona ms county line. A small
luautitV of ore has been mined"
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