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Voelckel 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 10026903
MRDS ID M000922
Record type Site
Current site name Voelckel Claims
Related records 10234617

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.92566, 33.0926 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
Relative position 4 1/2 MILES NE OF FORT THOMAS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graham(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fort Thomas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-San Carlos Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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 Graham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 004S 024E 07,18 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Manganite Ore
Psilomelane Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS: 18 - 20 % MN, 6 % FE, 6 % SIO2

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.92566, 33.0926
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, SHORT
    Length 9.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fort Thomas Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 9.14M
    Overall depth 6.1M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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