Three Star Prospect

The Three Star Prospect is a lead and silver mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,348 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Three Star Prospect  

State:  Arizona

County:  Santa Cruz

Elevation: 5,348 Feet (1,630 Meters)

Commodity: Lead, Silver

Lat, Long: 31.6264, -110.86610

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Satelite image of the Three Star Prospect

Three Star Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Three Star Prospect
Secondary: Part of Wandering Jew Group
Secondary: Riquesa
Secondary: Coronado Nf, Part 12, Santa Rita Mt
Secondary: Unit, Az, Usbm Ofr Mla 11-94.


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc


Location

State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Tyndall


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

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Ownership

Owner Name: Bond; Laguna, Ramon
Info Year: 1932


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


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 (Deposit): THREE STAR IS A PATENTED CLAIM JUST SOUTH OF THESE PROSPECTS AND IS PART OF THE WANDERING JEW GROUP. IT IS UNCLEAR IF THIS MILS LOC REPRESENTS THE PATENTED CLAIM OR THE PROSPECTS TO THE NORTH.


References

Reference (Deposit): USGS MT WRIGHTSON QUAD

Reference (Deposit): AZBM CLIPPING FILE

Reference (Deposit): AZBM CARD FILE SANTA CRUZ CTY.

Reference (Deposit): USBM FIELD NOTES

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER F C 1915 USGS BULL 582 P206


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