Star Pointer Mine

The Star Pointer Mine is a copper mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,101 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: Star Pointer Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Pima

Elevation: 4,101 Feet (1,250 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 31.77222, -110.85444

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Star Pointer Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Star Pointer Mine


Commodity

Primary: Copper


Location

State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Old Baldy 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

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1915
Discovery Method: Unknown
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: TABULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Homoclinal ; Reg.Trends: Tilting And Broad Open Folds In S. And Extensive Faulting In N.

Type: L
Description: Thrust And Normal Faulting - Fracture Zones.


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Propylitic; Pyrite-Chalcopyrite-Gossan.


Rocks

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite


Comments

Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORD.

Comment (Deposit): FISSURE DEPOSIT. DEPOSIT ON 14 FOOT LODE. PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS NOT AVAILABLE.

Comment (Workings): PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS NOT AVAILABLE.

Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: BASIN AND RANGE. ; GEOL.DESC: AGE OF MINERALIZATION BELIEVED TO BE THAT OF THE QUARTZ LATITE INTRUSIVE OF DREWES - 1971. ; REG.COM: STRUCTURE IN DISTRICT IS THRUST FAULTING AND HIGH ANGLE NORMAL FAULTING AND FOLDING.

Comment (Deposit): THE STRATIGRAPHIC UNITS USED ARE THOSE OF H. DREWES - 1971, USGS MAP I-613. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT


References

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

Reference (Deposit): DREWES, H., 1971, USGS MAP I-613 (SAHUARITA QUAD).

Reference (Deposit): 1909 RECON F.C. SCHRADER, U.S.G.S. BULL. 582.

Reference (Deposit): 1971 GEOLMAP H. DREWES U.S.G.S. MAP I-613.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI


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