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Rastar Claims Mine

Past Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102473
MRDS ID M002895
Record type Site
Current site name Rastar Claims Mine
Related records 10282735

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.75319, 33.30009 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position NORTHEAST CORNOR OF THE PINAL MOUNTAINS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinal Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Carlos(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(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 001S 016E 31 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DOUBTFUL IF ORE WILL EXCEED 1% WO3

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Madera Diorite
    Rock description Madera Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Pinal Schist
    Rock description Pinal Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.75319, 33.30009
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike S 60 E
    Dip 40 NE
    Width 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Scheelite Occurs In A Fault Zone 4 To 12 Inches Wide

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pioneer 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 13.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE WORKINGS CONSIST OF 45 FOOT INCLINED SHAFT, AN INACCESIBLE VERTICAL SHAFT OF UNKNOWN DEPTH, FOUR DIAMOND-DRILL HOLES, EACH REPORTED TO BE 100 FT DEEP, AND A FEW SHALLOW PITS AND OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE, V.B., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8078, P. 8

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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