Fourth of July

Past Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Asbestos, Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026863
MRDS ID M000639
Record type Site
Current site name Fourth of July
Alternate or previous names Blue Eyes Group
Related records 10234207

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.61291, 33.80063 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position 1.5 MILE SW OF THE REGAL MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mule Hoof Bend(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Seneca(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005N 016E 11 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • PHILLIPS GIVES LOCATION AS SEC. 26, T5N, R16E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysotile Ore
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1/2 TO 3 IN., HARSH, WEAK FIBER

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Mescal Limestone
    Rock description Mescal Lst

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.61291, 33.80063

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Diabase Has An Undulating, Concordant Contact, Which Is Reflected In The Limestone As Minor Anticlines And Synclines.

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Width 0.76M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • PAST PRODUCTION OF ASBESTOS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 3.66M
    Overall depth 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED BY 4 PROSPECT ADITS, AND A FEW OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEWART, L.A., 1955, CHRYSOTILE-ASBESTOS DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7745, P. 34.

  • Deposit

    HARPER, C.M., 1964, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON RESOURCES IN ARIZONA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8236, P. 34.

  • 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 A BULLDOZER CUT AND SHORT DRILL HOLES PARTLY EXPOSE 16 FT. OF MAGNETITE REPLACING FLAT TO GENTLY DIPPING MESCAL LIMESTONE BENEATH A DIABASE SILL. THE BETTER PORTIONS OF THE DEPOSIT CONTAIN ABOUT 60% IRON, 3% LIME, AND NEGLIGIBLE AMOUNTS OF SULFUR, PHOSPHORUS, AND TITANIA. THE MAGNETITE IS INCOMPLETELY EXPOSED BUT MAY PROVE EXTENSIVE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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