Mine detail: Rose Tungsten Mine

Previously called 'ShoestringSmith'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.03368, -111.07626

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Ore:	Scheelite, Wolframite
Gangue:	Calcite, Hematite, Quartz, Tourmaline
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1937

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1937
Last production ended:	1958

Geology

Host rock:	Apache Series
Host type:	Quartzite,Shale,Conglomerate
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Beds 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.
Alteration processes:	Vein Walls Altered To Sericite. Diorite Porphyry Is Considerably Silicified.

References

MRDS	M241214
DEP	10046310
Reference	{Deposit:: USBM FILE DATA, CLUSTER NUMBER 1024.}{Deposit:: WILSON, E.D., 1941, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 148, P. 27.}{Deposit:: DALE, V.B., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, AND MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: USBM IC 8078, P. 18.}{Deposit:: GEOL SOC AM BULL, V. 69, P. 1495-1514 AND PLATES}{Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.}{Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S.: USGS MAP MR-25.}{Deposit:: WILSON, E.D., 1941, ARIZ. UNIV. BULL., V. 12, NO. 2.}{Deposit:: 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.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: DALE, 1961}
Reporter	Gest, Don E., Orris, Greta J.