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North Star

Past Producer in Yavapai 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10186693
MRDS ID M003414
MAS/MILS ID 0040250927
Record type Site
Current site name North Star
Alternate or previous names North Star and Moneymaker, What-A-Pal, Money Maker, Moneymaker
Related records 10027578

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.28964, 34.26945 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Battle Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Prescott 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 Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 011 N 001 E 29 NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • PROPERTY IS ALSO LOCATED IN T10N, R1E, SECS. 5 AND 6.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.28964, 34.26945
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6M
    Length 6438M
    Width 1609M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 910918

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1953
Year of first production 1953

Mining district

District name Money Maker District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Scott, Ben And Mc Leod, R. P.
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1961

Production statistics

  • Year 1958
    Period 1953-1958
    Description 1953-58 260 Lb Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Tungsten Tungsten 117.93mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLAIMS EXTEND INTO SEC 30

  • Deposit

    LOCATION IS CORRECT ACCORDING TO DIRECTIONS T11.5 HAS CAUSED

  • Deposit

    T10N TO BE LOWERED

  • Deposit

    DALE V B TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA YAVAPAI AND MOHAVE CTYS

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 8078 1961 P 25

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THICKNESS OF MINERALIZATION IS ESTIMATED. STRIKE IS N40E; DIP IS UNDETERMINED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-SEP-91 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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