The Shoestring Property is a tungsten mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,600 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
Elevation: 4,600 Feet (1,402 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 34.0336, -111.07560
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Shoestring Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Shoestring Property
Secondary: Rose Tungsten
Secondary: Smith Property
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Spring Creek
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Haught Jr, C. A.
Home Office: Arizona
Info Year: 1980
Production
Year: 1937
Description: 6000 St Ore
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1937
Discovery Year: 1937
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: Calcite
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Tourmaline
Unknown: Wolframite
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF PARALLEL VEINS ABOUT 5.2 M APART AND ABOUT 0.2 M WIDE.
Comment (Deposit): PROPERTY ALSO UNDER USGS MRDS ID NO. D000763.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BUZZARD ROOST MESA QUAD
Reference (Deposit): ADMR ROSE TUNGSTEN AND WILD BULL CLAIMS FILE
Reference (Deposit): DALE V B TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA YAVAPAI AND MOHAVE CTY
Reference (Deposit): USBM 1C 8078 1961 P 18-19
Reference (Deposit): WILSON E D TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF AZ AZBM BULL 148 1941 P 27
Reference (Deposit): ADMR "U" FILE W 9
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