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Wolframite Group from
Good Enough Mine group (Zappia claims; Soto and Esperanza groups), Las Guijas area, Las Guijas Mountains, Arivaca Mining District (Las Guijas Mining District), Las Guijas & San Luis Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA


Classification
Species:'Wolframite Group' (not an IMA approved species)
Comments:Scattered.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Wolframite Group data
Locality Data:Click here to view Good Enough Mine group (Zappia claims; Soto and Esperanza groups), Las Guijas area, Las Guijas Mountains, Arivaca Mining District (Las Guijas Mining District), Las Guijas & San Luis Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:175496
Long-form Identifier:1:3:175496:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Wolframite Group in this Region
Soto group of claims (Whitcomb group of claims), Good Enough Mine group (Zappia claims; Soto and Esperanza groups), Las Guijas area, Las Guijas Mountains, Arivaca Mining District (Las Guijas Mining District), Las Guijas & San Luis Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Wolframite Group
1.4km (0.8 miles) ⓘVindicator Mine group (Stewart-Fernstrom Mine group; Carboloy Mine group; Stewart group of claims), Las Guijas, Las Guijas Mountains, Arivaca Mining District (Las Guijas Mining District), Las Guijas & San Luis Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘLas Guijas Mine group (Immense Lode; Grand Lode; General Electric Mine; General Electric group of claims; Obregon claims; Black Gold group), Las Guijas Mountains, Arivaca Mining District (Las Guijas Mining District), Las Guijas & San Luis Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
1.7km (1.0 miles) ⓘLas Guijas tungsten placers, Las Guijas Mountains, Arivaca Mining District (Las Guijas Mining District), Las Guijas & San Luis Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘBuster Mine (Buster lode prospect), Arivaca Mining District (Las Guijas Mining District), Las Guijas & San Luis Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
5.4km (3.4 miles) ⓘBlack Gold Mine (Black Gold group of claims), Las Guijas, Las Guijas Mountains, Arivaca Mining District (Las Guijas Mining District), Las Guijas & San Luis Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
6.4km (4.0 miles) ⓘArivaca Creek gold placers (Arivaca Creek placers), Arivaca Creek, Las Guijas Mountains, Arivaca Mining District (Las Guijas Mining District), Las Guijas & San Luis Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
11.9km (7.4 miles) ⓘCerro Colorado Mining District, Cerro Colorado Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
16.7km (10.4 miles) ⓘSan Luis Wash tungsten placers (San Luis Wash placers; Arivaca placers), San Luis Wash, San Luis Mountains, Arivaca Mining District (Las Guijas Mining District), Las Guijas & San Luis Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
22.8km (14.2 miles) ⓘIowana Mine, Baboquivari Mining District, Baboquivari Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
23.1km (14.3 miles) ⓘCircle claims, Schaffer Canyon, Baboquivari Mining District, Baboquivari Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
References
Keith, Stanton B. (1974), AZ Bur. of Geol. & Min. Technology, Geol. Survey Br. Bull. 189, Index of Mining Properties in Pima County, AZ: 105 (Table 4)
(n.d.) ADMMR Mines Database, Arizona Geological Survey.
 
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