The Bear Cat Claims is a tungsten mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,721 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: 4,721 Feet (1,439 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 32.57222, -110.73000
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Bear Cat Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bear Cat Claims
Secondary: Lovejoy
Secondary: Madre Del Oro
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Vanadium
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Oracle 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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Paul H.M.P. Brinton
Production
Year: 1941
Material type: W CONC
Description: Ap_Grade: ^Conc With 64-67% Wo3, From Vein On Bearcat No. 6
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1939
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: TABULAR SHOOTS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Block Faulting Trending Nnw
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (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
Comment (Deposit): FOOTWALL VEIN IS NEARLY BARREN OF SCHEELITE IN WIDER PORTIONS
Comment (Geology): 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.
Comment (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
Comment (Location): ON NE FLANK OF SANTA CATALINA MOUNTAINS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1964
Comment (Production): SMALL AMOUNTS OF TUNGSTEN PRODUCED DURING WWI; 600 LBS. CONCENTRATES TO FEBRAUAY 1942.
Comment (Workings): 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
References
Reference (Deposit): DALE, 1959, USBM RI 5516
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON & TWETO, 1962, USGS MAP MR-25
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, 1941, ABM BULL 148, P.34
Reference (Deposit): U.S.B.M. CARD FILE
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): DALE, 1959
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