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Rough Claims

Occurrence 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026944
MRDS ID M001206
Record type Site
Current site name Rough Claims
Related records 10233772

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.52426, 32.26818 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOWIE, ARIZONA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Luzena(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 013S 027E 36 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SELECT ORE ON DUMP ASSAYED 1.3% WO3

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1945

Mining district

District name Mascot District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ben Kratzberg
    Home office Bowie, Az.
    First year 1943

Comments on the production information

  • NONE TO APRIL 1943 UNDERGROUND PRODUCTION.

Comments on the workings information

  • A FEW SURFACE WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED IN EARLY 1940'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S.B.M. FILES

  • Deposit

    DALE, V. B., STEWART, L. A., AND MCKINNEY, W. A., 1960, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS RI-5650. P. 26-27.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NARROW STREAKS AND DISSEMINATIONS IN PRECAMBRIAN AMPHIBOLE SCHIST.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1940'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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