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Valley View

Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Manganese, Gold, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Lead, Molybdenum, Copper, Zinc, Calcium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009776
MRDS ID D002971
Record type Site
Current site name Valley View
Alternate or previous names Yarnell Group, Prieta Chinda, Manganese Development, Wheeler Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.11187, 33.76534 (WGS84)
Elevation 658
Relative position 14 MILES SE OF AGUILA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005N 008W 17,20,21 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Calcium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ASSAYED $120-200/TON

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Barite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE LOW W SILICA & FE OXIDES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.11187, 33.76534
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Talmage Fault Zone 150 Feet Wide That Offsets Ore

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike WNW
    Dip S STEEP
    Length 304.8M
    Width 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE OCCURS IN FOUR VEINS, 100 TO 200 FT. APART. THE CENTRAL VEIN, THE VALLEY VIEW, IS THE ONLY WORKED VEIN. . STRIKE OF ORE PARALLELS LAMINATION IN SCHIST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1863
Discoverer Henry Wickenburg

Mining district

District name Big Horn District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner C. T. Mcclendon
    First year 1944
  • Type Owner
    Owner East Vulture Mining Co.
    First year 1944

Production statistics

  • Year 1943
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 39wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 472.44M
    Overall length 24.38M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE EASTERN HALF OF THE VALLEY VIEW VEIN OUTCROP IS WITHIN THE VALLEY VIEW CLAIMS, THE WESTERN HALF IN THE YARNELL GROUP.

Comments on development

  • 6 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON & BUTLER, 1930, ABGMT BULL 127, P. 67.

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L. AND STEWART, L.A., 1958, MN DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA, U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7843.

  • Deposit

    METZGER, 1938, USBM IC 6991.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD TC10285 WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1977 Hasler, J. William U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1981 Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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