| Deposit ID | 10026789 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M000245 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Rainbow Group |
| Alternate or previous names | Clark Claims, Clark Prospect |
| Related records | 10113338 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.98987, 33.36008 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1402 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 9 MILES N OF SUPERIOR, N OF PINAL RANCH, IN POWERS GULCH., No Utm Coordinates On The Pinal Ranch Quad. Utm'S From Mesa 2 Deg Sheet. Within The Section. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pinal(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Pinal Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Salt(hydrologic unit)
Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)
Salt(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Tonto National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Pinal |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 001S | 013E | 12 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Wolframite | Ore |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Muscovite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Result | WOLFRAMITE-SCHEELITE RATIO IS 1:1. ASSAYS FROM THREE SAMPLES SHOWED .06-.25 PERCENT WO3, AND .08-.16 PERCENT CU |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| (1) | -110.98987, 33.36008 |
|---|
| Strike | N 70 E TO N 45 E |
|---|---|
| Dip | STEEP NW |
| Width | 1.83M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Summit District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Faulkner And Messner |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 15.24M |
| Overall depth | 30.48M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M000245 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040210999 |
DALE, V.B., 1959, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF YUMA, MARICOPA, PINAL, AND GRAHAM COUNTIES, ARIZ.: USBM RI 5516, P. 46-47.
PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
CIMRI
DALE, V.B., 1959
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FLUORITE OCCURS SPARSELY AS MINUTE GRAINS IN THE GREISEN AND IN VUGS IN THE SUBPARALLEL STOCKWORK OF QUARTZ VEINLETS THAT CONTAIN TUNGSTEN, MOLYBDENUM, AND COPPER MINERALS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-81 | Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-92 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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