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Buster Lode Prospect

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold, Silver
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039551
MRDS ID M050261
Record type Site
Current site name Buster Lode Prospect
Related records 10234779

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.38402, 31.66513 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Las Guijas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brawley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 20S 09E 25 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Wolframite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.38402, 31.66513
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Las Guijas District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner R. D. Rhode
    First year 1934

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED GOLD AND SILVER IN 1934

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHEIKH,A.M. 1970, LAS GUIJAS DISTRICT: ECON. GEOL. V. 65 NO.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A NUMBER OF SHALLOW AND DEEP WORKINGS ON HANGING WALL OF CONTACT SHOW ONLY SPARSE MINERALIZATION; NO EVIDENCE FOR GOOD MINERALIZATION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1972 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1990 Bolm, Karen S. 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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