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Blue Star Mine

Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109884
MRDS ID M899897
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Star Mine
Alternate or previous names Honey Pot
Related records 10162150

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.11986, 32.69149 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position 1 MILE NNW OF EL 3259 MOUNTAIN, SUIZO MOUNTAINS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chief Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Casa Grande(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 008S 012E 32 NE OF SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • N END SUIZO MOUNTAINS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COPPER COATED QUARTZ CRYSTALS SOLD AS GEMSTONE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Dike Rock In Vein Is Chloritized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.11986, 32.69149
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Zone Intruded By Basic Dike

Ore body information

  • Strike N15W
    Dip 70W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone N15w, 70w

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Durham-Suizo District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Anamax Mining Co.
    First year 1973

Comments on the workings information

  • 25 FT SHAFT, 2 100 FT TUNNELS, PIB AND TRENCHES OF VARIOUS SIZES

Comments on development

  • I.P. SURVEY BY ANAMAX IN 197O. TWO CLAIMS IN AREA ARE HONEYPOT 1+2

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BARTER, C.F., 1962. GEOLOGY OF THE OWL HEAD MINING DISTRICT U.A. M.S. THESIS

  • Deposit

    ADMR BLUE STAR FILE

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN FILLING IS BASIC DIKE AND QUARTZ

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Gest, Don E. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

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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