| Deposit ID | 10026925 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M001108 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Buena Vista |
| Alternate or previous names | Starlight Prospect, Monster, Pachen, Patchin, Pechan |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.53352, 33.97812 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1067 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
| Relative position | 10 MILES W OF CASTLE HOT SPRINGS, 13 MI E OF MORRISTOWN., No Accurate Location For Workings; Claims Located In Sections 1 And 2 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Yavapai(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Red Picacho(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Phoenix North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)
Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)
Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Yavapai |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 007N | 003W | 01,02 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Feldspar | Primary |
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Feldspar | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Hematite | Ore |
| Limonite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Powellite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Actinolite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Diopside | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | ESTIMATED AT LESS THAN 0.3 % WO3. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist |
| (1) | -112.53352, 33.97812 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Schistosity N 60 - 75 E, 35 - 45 Nw, Dikes Conform And Cut Foliation. |
| General form | LENTICULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | ESE |
| Dip | 65 NW |
| Length | 182.88M |
| Width | 0.91M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | White Picacho District |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 6.1M |
| Overall depth | 7.62M |
| Overall length | 15.24M |
| Overall width | 7.62M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M001108 |
DALE, V.B., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8078 , P. 39.
WILSON, 1941, ABM BULL 148, P. 24.
PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 4, 185 P.
WILSON, 1941.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PLACERS OCCUR IN SMALL BASINS OR CHANNELS FOR ABOUT 3/4 OF A MILE ON EACH SIDE OF MODEL CREEK, ON THE PEDIMENT AREA BETWEEN THE WEAVER MTNS. AND PEEPLES VALLEY. |
| Deposit | SCHEELITE OCCURS WITHIN ALTERED BANDS OF HORNBLENDE SCHIST, AS MUCH AS 15 FEET WIDE. THERE ARE AT LEAST 6 MINERALIZED BANDS, EACH ABOUT 3 FEET WIDE, IN A ZONE ABOUT 300 FEET WIDE. FELDSPAR OCCURS IN PEGMATITE. |
| Deposit | THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD TC38431 WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-79 | Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUN-82 | Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed) | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology |
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