Cline Mine

Occurrence 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027334
MRDS ID M002886
Record type Site
Current site name Cline Mine
Alternate or previous names Blue Bull
Related records 10160941

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.3796, 33.77424 (WGS84)
Elevation 1573
Relative position ABOUT 12 MILES NE OF ROOSEVELT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boulder Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Theodore Roosevelt Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(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 005N 010E 19 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Wolframite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.3796, 33.77424

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 25 E
    Dip 90
    Width 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • COARSE-GRAINED, PINKISH GRANITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Four Peaks District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Tonto National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROPERTY DEVELOPED BY A FEW SHALLOW CUTS, AND AN ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1941, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 148

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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