| Deposit ID | 10039475 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M050137 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Sparks Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Juanita No.9 |
| Related records | 10113175 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.67126, 31.91318 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1067 |
| Relative position | ABOUT THREE-QUARTER MILE SOUTH OF SAN JUAN SPRING. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pima(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
San Juan Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
San Simon Wash(hydrologic unit)
Rio Sonoyta(hydrologic accounting unit)
Sonora(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Pima |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 17S | 007E | 29,30,31 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Result | CHIP SAMPLE ACROSS 7-FOOT WIDTH OF SHAFT ASSAYED 0.11 PERCENT W03 |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels | ||
| |||
| (1) | -111.67126, 31.91318 |
|---|
| General form | LENS |
|---|---|
| Strike | S20W |
| Dip | 70SE |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1954 |
| Discoverer | George W. Sparks |
| Year | 1957 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1955-1957 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE W | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^0.5% W | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall length | 4.57M |
| Overall width | 1.52M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M050137 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040190412 |
DALE ETAL, 1960, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF COCHISE, PIMA, & SANTA CRUZ CTIES: USBM RI 5650
KEITH, S., 1974, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES OF PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ABM BULL 189.
1957 RECON USBM-RI 5650
DALE, STEWART, AND MCKINNEY, 1960, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF COCHISE, PIMA, AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES:USBM RI 5650
CIMRI
DALE, ETAL, 1960, USBM RI 5650
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SCHEELITE MINERALIZATION INFRACTURE ZONE |
| Deposit | THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000821 BY JAMES E. ELLIOT WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1954-1955 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1972 | Johnson, Maureen G. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1975 | Elliot, James E. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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