The Rose Tungsten Mine is a tungsten mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,800 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: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Primary Mineral: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 34.03361, -111.07556
Rose Tungsten Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rose Tungsten MineSecondary: Shoestring
Secondary: Smith
Commodity
Primary: TungstenLocation
State: ArizonaCounty: Gila
District: Spring Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: National ForestHoldings
Workings
Type: Surface/UndergroundOwnership
Owner Name: Haught, C. A.
Years: 1980 -
Years: 1980 -
Production
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1937
Year Last Production: 1958
Discovery Year: 1937
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1937
Year Last Production: 1958
Discovery Year: 1937
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane PlateausPhysiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Orebody
Form: IRREGULARStructure
Type: R
Description: Beds Strike Ne And Dip 45nw, Ne Trending Diorite Porphyry Intrusion Has Undergone Silicification And Is Up To 300 Ft Wide. Underlying Beds Are Schistose And In Places Chloritized And Impregnated With Specularite.
Description: Beds Strike Ne And Dip 45nw, Ne Trending Diorite Porphyry Intrusion Has Undergone Silicification And Is Up To 300 Ft Wide. Underlying Beds Are Schistose And In Places Chloritized And Impregnated With Specularite.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Vein Walls Altered To Sericite. Diorite Porphyry Is Considerably Silicified.
Alteration Text: Vein Walls Altered To Sericite. Diorite Porphyry Is Considerably Silicified.
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Materials
Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
| Comment Type: Location |
Comment: INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978) |
| Comment Type: Production |
Comment: A FEW TONS OF CONCENTRATE WERE PRODUCED IN THE LATE 1930'S AND IN THE LATE 1950'S. |
| Comment Type: Deposit |
Comment: 2 PARALLEL QUARTZ VEINS, 17 FT APART , AVERAGE WIDTH 8 IN. |
| Comment Type: Development |
Comment: PREVIOUS OPERATORS INCLUDED O'QUINN AND J. BINKLEY. FIVE UNPATENTED CLAIMS. PLANNED TO SINK NEW 100 FT SHAFT IN 1941 |
| Comment Type: Workings |
Comment: 1 LOWER ADIT MORE THAN 40 FT LONG, 2 UPER ADITS OF SAME LENGTH 50 FT HIGHER, 1 30 FT ADIT FURTHER EAST. MINED BY COYOTING. |
| Comment Type: Geology |
Comment: NO DETAILED GEOLOGIC MAP, BUT MAPPING TO N SHOWS NE STRIKING PRECAMBRIAN SEDIMENTS AND INTRUSIVE ROCKS (GASTIL, 1958). THE SILICIFIED DIORITE PORPHYRY INTRUDES ORE-CONTAINING VEINS, WHICH IN TURN CUT ROCKS OF THE APACHE SERIES. |
| Comment Type: Deposit |
Comment: THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000763 OF J.E. ELLIOTT WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
References
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S.: USGS MAP MR-25.
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: WILSON, E.D., 1941, ARIZ. UNIV. BULL., V. 12, NO. 2.
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.
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Reference Category: Other Database
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Reference: CIMRI
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Reference Category: Production
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Reference: DALE, 1961
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: DALE, V.B., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, AND MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: USBM IC 8078, P. 18.
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: GEOL SOC AM BULL, V. 69, P. 1495-1514 AND PLATES
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: USBM FILE DATA, CLUSTER NUMBER 1024.
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: WILSON, E.D., 1941, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 148, P. 27.
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