Rose Tungsten

Past Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodity Tungsten
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10282505
MRDS ID M241214
MAS/MILS ID 0040070592
Record type Site
Current site name Rose Tungsten
Alternate or previous names Shoestring Property, Smith Property
Related records 10046310

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.0763, 34.03367 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buzzard Roost Mesa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Payson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Holbrook(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tonto(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto 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 Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 008 N 012 E 13 C Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Tourmaline Unknown
Wolframite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -111.0763, 34.03367

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 85S
    Depth to top 50M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N45W:85S
    Date of Last Modification 910924

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF PARALLEL VEINS ABOUT 5.2 M APART AND ABOUT 0.2 M WIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1937
Year of first production 1937

Mining district

District name Spring Creek

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Haught Jr, C. A.
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1980

Production statistics

  • Year 1937
    Description 6000 St Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Tungsten Tungsten 6613.86mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BUZZARD ROOST MESA QUAD

  • Deposit

    ADMR ROSE TUNGSTEN AND WILD BULL CLAIMS FILE

  • Deposit

    DALE V B TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA YAVAPAI AND MOHAVE CTY

  • Deposit

    USBM 1C 8078 1961 P 18-19

  • Deposit

    WILSON E D TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF AZ AZBM BULL 148 1941 P 27

  • Deposit

    ADMR "U" FILE W 9

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY ALSO UNDER USGS MRDS ID NO. D000763.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-SEP-91 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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