The North Star and Money Maker Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,701 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,701 Feet (1,433 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 34.26944, -112.28889
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North Star and Money Maker Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: North Star and Money Maker Prospect
Secondary: What-A-Pal
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Money Maker District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Scott, Ben And Mc Leod, R. P.
Years: 1961 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1953
Year Last Production: 1958
Discovery Year: 1953
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR, LENTICULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION INCLUDES WHAT-A-PAL CLAIM.
Comment (Deposit): SPORADIC SCHEELITE DEPOSITS FOUND OVER MAXIMUM AREA OF OREBODY.
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW PITS AND OPENCUTS
Comment (Geology): THIS PROPERTY IS AT THE SOUTHWEST END OF A WIDE MINERALIZED ZONE WHICH STRIKES N 40 W FOR 3 OR 4 MILES. THIS SCHEELITE MINERALIZATION IS SPORADIC OVER AN AREA ABOUT 1 MILE WIDE.
Comment (Location): LOCATION BASED ON DIRECTIONS GIVEN IN DALE AND LOCATION GIVEN IN USBM FILES
References
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): U.S.B.M. I.C. 8078 , P. 25.
Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8078, P. 25.
Reference (Deposit): SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.
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