Mine detail: Rushbey Prospect

Previously called 'Birthday Claim'

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Location: Pima County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 31.93679, -111.68098
dep_id: 10039480
mrds_id: M050143
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Scheelite
work_type: Surface
alteration: Hydrothermal Alteration
ore_ctrl: Scheelite - Bearing Band Of Hydrothermally Altered Material.
Reporter: Johnson, Maureen G.
hrock_type: Quartzite
Structure: Principal Shears Strike N 30 E, Dip 70 Se.
tectonic: Basin And Range
disc_yr: 1954
prod_yrs: 1955
discr: Dewitt T. Rushbey & E.L. Hicklin
References:
  • Deposit:: DALE, STEWART, AND MCKINNEY, 1960, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF COCHISE, PIMA, AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES: USBM REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 5650
  • Deposit:: 1957 RECON U.S.B.M. R.I. 5650.
  • Deposit:: DALE, STEWART, AND MCKINNEY, 1960, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF COCHISE, PIMA AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, R.I. 5650.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: DALE, ETAL, 1960 USBM RI 5650
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