| Deposit ID | 10039524 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M050218 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Morning Star Claim |
| Alternate or previous names | Campo Bonito Group, Fotuna, Happy Thot, Gold Bug, General Hancock, Careless, Ewing Property |
| Related records | 10283583 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.73679, 32.55733 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1524 |
| Relative position | 10 MILES SSW OF TIGER ON NE FLANK OF SANTA CATALINA MOUNTAINS. ONE-HALF MILE SOUTH OF CAMPO BONITO. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pinal(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Campo Bonito(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower 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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Pinal |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 010S | 016E | 17,20,18,19 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Dolomite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | UNDER UV LIGHT, ORE ALONG FAULT APPEARED IN PLACES TO CONTAIN AS MUCH AS 10%. TUNGSTEN TRIOXIDE ACROSS WIDTHS OF 0.5 TO 2.0 FT. THOUGH IN MOST PLACES IT GRADES NOT OVER 1.0 PCT. TAILING SAMPLE FROM THE RIVERA BROS. MILL SHOWED: .15 PCT MN, 91.9 PCT INSOL., 85.8 PCT SIO2, 1.4 PCT FE, 2.3 PCT CAO, .15 PCT S, 5.1 PCT AL2O3, .6 PCT MGO, .42 PCT WO3, .01 PCT CO, .05 PCT PB, NIL ZN, TRACE PER TON AU, AND .11 OZ PER TON AG. BY FLOTATION OF A MINUS-48-MESH FRACTION, AN ASSAY OF 10.5 PCT WO3 WAS OBTAINED. SEE DALE, V.B., 1959, P. 64-65 FORFURTHER INFORMATION ON ASSAYS AND TECHNIQUES. |
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| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Escabrosa Limestone | ||||
| Rock description | Escabrosa Lst | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| (1) | -110.73679, 32.55733 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Block Faulting Trending Nnw ; Reg.Trends: Post Cretaceous Pre-Pliocene Thrusts And High Angle Normal And Reverse Faults. Cretaceous - Tertiary Intrusives And Consequent Faulting. |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Mogul Fault Zone |
| General form | IRREGULAR MASSIVE |
|---|---|
| Strike | N OF W |
| Dip | 30 TO 60 S |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1913 |
| Year of first production | 1913 |
| Year of last production | 1953 |
| Production years | 1913-1952 |
| District name | Oracle District; Old Hat |
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| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Nikas Mining Co. |
| First year | 1953 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Y. M. C. A. |
| Home office | Tucson, Az. |
| First year | 1958 |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1981 | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.026HA |
| Length | 129.54M |
| Overall depth | 33.53M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M050218 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 004021724 |
DALE, V.B., 1959, U.S. BUREAU MINES REPT. OF INV. 5516.
WILSON, E.D., 1941, ARIZONA BUREAU MINES BULL. 148.
SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.
1944 COMPILE STRATEGIC MINERALS INVESTIGATION
1959 COMPILE U.S. BUREAU MINES, R.I. 5516
1952 DIREXPL NIKAS MINING CO., MINE WORKINGS CONSTRUCTED WITH DMEA CONTRACT.
1953 COMPILE FAICK, J.H. DMEA GEOLOGICAL REPORT.
CIMRI
DMEA
DALE, V. B. 1959
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE BODIES ARE CONCENTRATED NEAR MOGUL FAULT IN SILICIFIED LIMESTONE AND ARE IRREGULARLY SHAPED MASSIVE AREAS WHICH HAVE NON-UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION OF SCHEELITE. SCHEELITE OCCURS DISSEMINATED, IN NARROW STRINGERS AND IN QUARTZ -SCHEELITE VEINLETS. APPRECIABLE AMOUNTS OF SCHEELITE EXIST ONLY IN THE HANGING WALL OF THE MOGUL FAULT; THERE IS A SMALL AMOUNT OF SCHEELITE IN THE FOOTWALL. PINK QUARTZITE BORDER ARE ON ALL SIDES EXCEPT NORTHEAST. |
| Deposit | THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D003607 OF J. WILLIAM HASLER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1972 | Bergquist, Joel R. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1981 | Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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