The Yellow Star Mine is a tungsten mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,274 feet.
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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: 3,274 Feet (998 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 31.92972, -111.68361
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Yellow Star Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Yellow Star Mine
Secondary: Yellow Dragon No. 1 & 2
Secondary: New Dragon Nos. 1 & 2 Claims.
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1953
Discovery Year: 1952
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: FLAT LYING BED
Structure
Type: L
Description: Southeast Trending Shears
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CHIP SAMPLES FROM VARIOUS CUTS ASSAYED 0.19%, 0.69%, 0.35%, AND 0.21% WO3.
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Orthoclase
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS INFORMATION FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000826 BY JAMES E. ELLIOT WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Workings): SHAFTS, OPEN CUTS, DRIFTS, AND ADITS OF DIFFERENT SIZES AND DIRECTIONS PRODUCED ORE.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: METAMORPHOSED FELDSPATHIC.
Comment (Deposit): ONE ORE BODY BECAME FLAT LYING A 60-FOOT DEPTH; ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE RIDGE FROM THIS MAIN ORE BODY, ANOTHER ZONE OF MINERALIZATION WAS MINED WHICH CONSISTED OF NEARLY VERTICAL SOUTHEAST TRENDING SHEARS CONTAINING NUMEROUS NARROW STRINGERS IN A MINERALIZED FAULT.
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED; LOCATION PROJECTED BY U.S.B.M. ON SKETCH MAP.
Comment (Development): CONTAINS DETAILS ON SIZE OF DIFFERENT WORKINGS AND MINERALIZED ZONES.
References
Reference (Deposit): DALE, STEWART, AND MCKINNEY, 1960, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF COCHISE, PIMA, AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES,; U.S.B.M. R.I. 5650.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S., 1974, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES OF PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ABM BULLETIN 189.
Reference (Deposit): 1956 RECON USBM RI5650.
Reference (Deposit): DALE, STEWART, AND MCKINNEY, 1960, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF COCHISE, PIMA AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, R.I. 5650.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): DALE ETAL, 1960, USBM RI 5650
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