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Bear Cat Claims

Past Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Tungsten, Silver, Vanadium, Molybdenum, Gold
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088609
MRDS ID M050214
Record type Site
Current site name Bear Cat Claims
Alternate or previous names Lovejoy, Madre Del Oro
Related records 10283271

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.73068, 32.57233 (WGS84)
Elevation 1439
Relative position 4 MI S OF ORACLE BY ROAD; 5 MI N OF PINAL/PIMA CO. LINE; APPROX 9. 5 MI SSW OF TIGER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Campo Bonito(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado 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 Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010S 016E 08 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • ON NE FLANK OF SANTA CATALINA MOUNTAINS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1964

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Vanadium Critical Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Vanadinite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.73068, 32.57233
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Block Faulting Trending Nnw

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR SHOOTS
    Strike N10E
    Dip 45-50 E
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 365.76M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIORITE PORPHYRY INTRUDES GRANITE ALONG A FAULT CREATING A 50-60 FT WIDE DIKE. GRANITE ALSO IN CONTACT WITH SHALE. SEE AMERICAN FLAG MINE ENTRY FOR INFORMATION ON ADJOINING CU-AG PRODUCER, ALSO IN BEARCAT GROUP. TUNGSTEN OCCURS IN QUARTZ VEINS AT CONTACTS OF DIKES WITH GRANITE. SCHEELITE, POSSIBLY SOME GOLD AND SILVER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1939
Discoverer E.B. Lovejoy

Mining district

District name Oracle District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Paul H.M.P. Brinton

Production statistics

  • Year 1941
    Material W CONC
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^Conc With 64-67% Wo3, From Vein On Bearcat No. 6
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    WO3 Conc. Tungsten Tungsten 66wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL AMOUNTS OF TUNGSTEN PRODUCED DURING WWI; 600 LBS. CONCENTRATES TO FEBRAUAY 1942.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 24.38M
    Overall length 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1941: 50 FT LONG OPEN CUT X 15 FT DEEP & 20 FT INCLINED SHAFT. 4 ADITS: 90 & 40 FT ON BEARCAT NO. 6, 150 FT ON SILVER CLIFF, 75 FT O N MADRE DEL ORO. ONE 80 FT SHAFT ON MADRE DEL ORO. ONE 10 FT WINZE ON BEARCAT NO. 6. NUMEROUS SMALL PITS

Comments on development

  • 8 UNPATENTED CLAIMS WERE HELD BY E.B. LOVEJOY IN 1941. CLAIMS INC LUDE BEARCAT NO. 5, BEARCAT NO. 6, SILVER CLIFF, MADRE DEL ORO, AMERIC AN FLAG. 150 LB/HR GRAVITY MILL IN 1941

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE, 1959, USBM RI 5516

  • Deposit

    LEMMON & TWETO, 1962, USGS MAP MR-25

  • Deposit

    WILSON, 1941, ABM BULL 148, P.34

  • Deposit

    U.S.B.M. CARD FILE

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    DALE, 1959

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOOTWALL VEIN IS NEARLY BARREN OF SCHEELITE IN WIDER PORTIONS
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050214 WITH RECORD M030489 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. RECORD M000673 BY W. GERE AND RECORD D000827 HAVE ALSO BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS ONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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