| Deposit ID | 10103741 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M050141 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Yellow Star Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Yellow Dragon No. 1 & 2, New Dragon Nos. 1 & 2 Claims. |
| Related records | 10137917 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.68431, 31.92984 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 998 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 3/4 MILES NW OF SAN JUAN SPRING. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pima(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
San Juan Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
San Simon Wash(hydrologic unit)
Rio Sonoyta(hydrologic accounting unit)
Sonora(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Pima |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 17S;17S | 07E;06E | 19;24 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Orthoclase | Gangue |
| Result | CHIP SAMPLES FROM VARIOUS CUTS ASSAYED 0.19%, 0.69%, 0.35%, AND 0.21% WO3. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||
| |||
| (1) | -111.68431, 31.92984 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Southeast Trending Shears |
| General form | FLAT LYING BED |
|---|---|
| Strike | SE |
| Dip | VARIES |
| Thickness | 0.61M |
| Length | 6.1M |
| Width | 3.66M |
| Depth to top | 18.29M |
| Depth to bottom | 18.9M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1952 |
| Discoverer | Earl Francis And Wm. H. Coplen |
| Year of first production | 1953 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 6.1M |
| Overall depth | 18.29M |
| Overall width | 30.48M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M050141 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040190445 |
DALE, STEWART, AND MCKINNEY, 1960, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF COCHISE, PIMA, AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES,; U.S.B.M. R.I. 5650.
KEITH, S., 1974, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES OF PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ABM BULLETIN 189.
1956 RECON USBM RI5650.
DALE, STEWART, AND MCKINNEY, 1960, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF COCHISE, PIMA AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, R.I. 5650.
CIMRI
DALE ETAL, 1960, USBM RI 5650
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ONE ORE BODY BECAME FLAT LYING A 60-FOOT DEPTH; ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE RIDGE FROM THIS MAIN ORE BODY, ANOTHER ZONE OF MINERALIZATION WAS MINED WHICH CONSISTED OF NEARLY VERTICAL SOUTHEAST TRENDING SHEARS CONTAINING NUMEROUS NARROW STRINGERS IN A MINERALIZED FAULT. |
| Deposit | THIS RECORD CONTAINS INFORMATION FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000826 BY JAMES E. ELLIOT WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1972 | Johnson, Maureen G. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1975 | Elliot, James E. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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