The Silver Dollar Claims is a tungsten and barium-barite mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,500 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: 2,500 Feet (762 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten, Barium-Barite
Lat, Long: 32.07806, -111.95250
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Silver Dollar Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Dollar Claims
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Cababi District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1939
Discovery Year: 1939
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Barite
Comments
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT; SHALLOW INCLINE
Comment (Deposit): SMALL PROSPECT, NOT DESCRIBED BY DALE ETAL 1961; ONLY APPROXIMATELY LOCATED. THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000820 OF JAMES E. ELLIOT WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED AREA; PROSPECT NOT ACCURATELY LOCATED
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORD.
References
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, 1941, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: ABM BULL148
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, 1945, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: USGS UNPUBL.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S.: USGS MAP MR-25.
Reference (Deposit): 1941 RECON ABM BULL 14
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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