Shoestring Property

The Shoestring Property is a tungsten mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,600 feet.

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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: Shoestring Property

State: Arizona

County: Gila

Elevation: 4,600 Feet (1,402 Meters)

Primary Mineral: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 34.0336, -111.07560

Satelite image of the Shoestring Property

Shoestring Property MRDS details

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

Holdings

Type: Located Claim

Workings

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

Orebody

Structure

Alterations

Rocks

Analytical Data

Materials

Unknown: Calcite

Unknown: Hematite

Unknown: Scheelite

Unknown: Tourmaline

Unknown: Wolframite

Comments

Comment Type: Geology	Comment: THE DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF PARALLEL VEINS ABOUT 5.2 M APART AND ABOUT 0.2 M WIDE.
Comment Type: Deposit	Comment: PROPERTY ALSO UNDER USGS MRDS ID NO. D000763.

References

Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: USGS BUZZARD ROOST MESA QUAD
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: ADMR ROSE TUNGSTEN AND WILD BULL CLAIMS FILE
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: DALE V B TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA YAVAPAI AND MOHAVE CTY
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: USBM 1C 8078 1961 P 18-19
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: WILSON E D TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF AZ AZBM BULL 148 1941 P 27
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: ADMR "U" FILE W 9