The North Star and Moneymaker 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: 34.2694, -112.28890
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North Star and Moneymaker MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: North Star and Moneymaker
Secondary: What-A-Pal
Secondary: North Star
Secondary: Money Maker
Secondary: Moneymaker
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.
Home Office: Arizona
Info Year: 1961
Production
Year: 1958
Time Period: 1953-1958
Description: 1953-58 260 Lb Wo3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1953
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THICKNESS OF MINERALIZATION IS ESTIMATED. STRIKE IS N40E; DIP IS UNDETERMINED.
Comment (Location): PROPERTY IS ALSO LOCATED IN T10N, R1E, SECS. 5 AND 6.
References
Reference (Deposit): CLAIMS EXTEND INTO SEC 30
Reference (Deposit): LOCATION IS CORRECT ACCORDING TO DIRECTIONS T11.5 HAS CAUSED
Reference (Deposit): T10N TO BE LOWERED
Reference (Deposit): DALE V B TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA YAVAPAI AND MOHAVE CTYS
Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 8078 1961 P 25
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