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Ricky Dale

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10186044
MRDS ID M241157
MAS/MILS ID 0040030288
Record type Site
Current site name Ricky Dale
Alternate or previous names Coronado Nf Whetstone Unit, Nunnelley, James Mine, San Juan
Related records 10046271

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.37537, 31.83933 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Apache Peak(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 018 S 019 E 26 C W2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.37537, 31.83933
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1900

Mining district

District name Whetstone

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner George James
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1957

Production statistics

  • Year 1944
    Description Tungsten Concentrates W/ >2% Wo3 300 Lb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Tungsten Tungsten 136.07mt 2wt-pct
  • Year 1953
    Description Tungsten Concentrates 30-40% Wo3 200 Lb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Tungsten Tungsten 90.71mt 35wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION BEGAN BETWEEN 1900 AND 1909. PARTLY COLLAPSED HIGHWALLS OF OPEN TRENCH POSE HUMAN HAZARD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1973, ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 187, P. 91.

  • Deposit

    HESS, F. L. 1909, USGS BULL 380, P. 164.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A. L., 1954, ADMMR ENGINEERS REPORT, P. 1.

  • Deposit

    DALE, V. B., 1957, USBM REVIEW OF EXAMINATION REPORT, DALE

  • Deposit

    NO. 36, UNPUB., P. 1.

  • Deposit

    MCCOLLY, R. A., AND SCOTT, D. C., 1982, USBM OFR MLA 192-82,

  • Deposit

    P. 9.

  • Deposit

    CHATMAN, M. L., 1994, USBM OFR MLA 2-94, P. 19.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-JAN-1994 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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