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Eastern Star Mine

Past Producer in Coconino county in Arizona, United States with commodity Copper
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Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027272
MRDS ID M002679
Record type Site
Current site name Eastern Star Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.19631, 35.9603 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 1.5 MILES NW OF APEX.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coconino(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tusayan West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Valle(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Williams(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Havasu Canyon(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Kaibab 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 Coconino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 030N 002E 23 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.19631, 35.9603
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore In Horizontal Bedding Planes And Joints In Limestone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Francis District

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL PRODUCTION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • CUTS AND ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM CARD FILES.

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1968 , TABULATION OF SELECTED DEPOSITS IN THE UNITED STATES.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Bright, Daniel (Creasey, S.C.) 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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.