Ricky Dale

The Ricky Dale is a tungsten mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,499 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

Name: Ricky Dale  

State:  Arizona

County:  Cochise

Elevation: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 31.8392, -110.37470

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Ricky Dale MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Ricky Dale
Secondary: Coronado Nf Whetstone Unit
Secondary: Nunnelley
Secondary: James Mine
Secondary: San Juan


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten


Location

State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Whetstone


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

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Workings

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Ownership

Owner Name: George James
Home Office: Arizona
Info Year: 1957


Production

Year: 1953
Description: Tungsten Concentrates 30-40% Wo3 200 Lb
Year: 1944
Description: Tungsten Concentrates W/ >2% Wo3 300 Lb


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1900
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

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION BEGAN BETWEEN 1900 AND 1909. PARTLY COLLAPSED HIGHWALLS OF OPEN TRENCH POSE HUMAN HAZARD.


References

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S. B., 1973, ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 187, P. 91.

Reference (Deposit): HESS, F. L. 1909, USGS BULL 380, P. 164.

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, A. L., 1954, ADMMR ENGINEERS REPORT, P. 1.

Reference (Deposit): DALE, V. B., 1957, USBM REVIEW OF EXAMINATION REPORT, DALE

Reference (Deposit): NO. 36, UNPUB., P. 1.

Reference (Deposit): MCCOLLY, R. A., AND SCOTT, D. C., 1982, USBM OFR MLA 192-82,

Reference (Deposit): P. 9.

Reference (Deposit): CHATMAN, M. L., 1994, USBM OFR MLA 2-94, P. 19.


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