Shoestring Property

The Shoestring Property is a tungsten mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,600 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: Shoestring Property
Secondary: Rose Tungsten
Secondary: Smith Property

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten

Location

State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Spring Creek

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

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Haught Jr, C. A.
Home Office: Arizona
Info Year: 1980

Production

Year: 1937
Description: 6000 St Ore

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1937
Discovery Year: 1937
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Tourmaline
Unknown: Wolframite

Comments

Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF PARALLEL VEINS ABOUT 5.2 M APART AND ABOUT 0.2 M WIDE.

Comment (Deposit): PROPERTY ALSO UNDER USGS MRDS ID NO. D000763.

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BUZZARD ROOST MESA QUAD

Reference (Deposit): ADMR ROSE TUNGSTEN AND WILD BULL CLAIMS FILE

Reference (Deposit): DALE V B TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA YAVAPAI AND MOHAVE CTY

Reference (Deposit): USBM 1C 8078 1961 P 18-19

Reference (Deposit): WILSON E D TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF AZ AZBM BULL 148 1941 P 27

Reference (Deposit): ADMR "U" FILE W 9

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