Buckeye Claim

The Buckeye Claim is a tungsten mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,999 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

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Site Name

Primary: Buckeye Claim

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten

Location

State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: White Picacho District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: E And D Hamilton And F A Sayre

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1953
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: NARROW SEAMS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: GREATER THAN 1% WO3

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Hornblende

Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Comment (Development): 1 UNPATENTED CLAIM

Comment (Workings): 3 SHALLOW SHAFTS AND PROSPECT PITS

Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION CAN BE TRACED FOR ABOUT 225 FEET. MINERALIZED ZONE CONFORMS TO SCHISTOSITY

References

Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B., 1959, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF YUMA, MARICOPA, PINAL, AND GRAHAM COUNTIES, ARIZ.: U.S.B.M. R.I. 5516, P. 35

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

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