The Evening Star Mine is a tungsten mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,600 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: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 31.83333, -110.40139
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Evening Star Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Evening Star Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Whetstone 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: J. Cristie
Years: 1937 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: VEINS, STRINGERS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Schist Strikes N10w, 80se, And Is Intruded By Granite On The Se
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Wolframite
Comments
Comment (Location): SW 1/4 SEC. 27. UTM EST.
Comment (Production): FEW THOUSAND LBS. TUNGSTEN ORE SINCE 1937
Comment (Development): 5 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1950
Comment (Deposit): SPARSE, SCATTERED WOLFRAMITE, IRON OXIDE, AND PYRITE IN COARSELY CRYSTALLINE QUARTZ VEINS AND STRINGERS CUTTING PEGMATIC DIKES IN SCHIST. MAIN QUARTZ VEIN IS 5 TO 24 IN. WIDE AND 300 FT LONG.
Comment (Workings): INCLINE AND SURFACE WORKINGS. INCLINE 32 FT IN 1940
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000754 OF JAMES E. ELLIOTT WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 91.
Reference (Deposit): USBM RI 5650, 1960, P. 56
Reference (Deposit): ARIZ. B. OF M. BULL. 148, P.46.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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