Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsScheelite, Wolframite
GangueCalcite, Hematite, Quartz, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Shale,Conglomerate · Apache Series
Associated rockDiorite
StructureBeds 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.
AlterationVein Walls Altered To Sericite. Diorite Porphyry Is Considerably Silicified.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1937
Last production1958
Discovery year1937
Identification
Deposit ID10046310
MRDS IDM241214
Alternate namesShoestring, Smith
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.03368, -111.07626
References
USBM FILE DATA, CLUSTER NUMBER 1024.WILSON, E.D., 1941, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 148, P. 27.DALE, V.B., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, AND MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: USBM IC 8078, P. 18.GEOL SOC AM BULL, V. 69, P. 1495-1514 AND PLATESLEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S.: USGS MAP MR-25.WILSON, E.D., 1941, ARIZ. UNIV. BULL., V. 12, NO. 2.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.CIMRIDALE, 1961