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Junction and Shamrock Claims

Occurrence in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026889
MRDS ID M000793
Record type Site
Current site name Junction and Shamrock Claims
Alternate or previous names Graham
Related records 10210065

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.64676, 32.47789 (WGS84)
Elevation 1295
Relative position 3 1/2 MILES N OF GRAHAM-COCHISE COUNTY LINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graham(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monk Draw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Graham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 011S 026E 13 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.64676, 32.47789
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SEAMS
    Strike N W
    Dip 85 SW
    Length 21.34M
    Width 9.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fisher Hills District

Land status

Ownership category State

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 9.14M
    Overall length 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • BULLDOZER STRIPPING, SHALLOW SHAFTS, AND OPEN CUTS

Comments on development

  • 3 CLAIMS MAKE UP THE JUNCTION CLAIM AND WERE LOCATED IN 1953 BY GEORGE AND JOHN TAYLOR. THE SINGLE SHAMROCK CLAIM WAS LOCATED IN 1951 BY JOHN POSPOHOLA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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