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Star No. 1 Mine

Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Uranium, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009467
MRDS ID D002495
Record type Site
Current site name Star No. 1 Mine
Alternate or previous names Bluestone

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.37011, 31.84402 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position APPROX. 14 MI. SW OF BENSON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McGrew Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 018S 019E 26 NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 SEC. 26. UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.37011, 31.84402
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Whetstone District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE SHAFT AND PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MAP I 470

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 91.

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RELATIVELY SPARSE URANIUM MINERALS ALONG MARGIN OF ANDESITE DIKE CUTTING GRANITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Hasler, J. William U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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