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Oliver Claims

Producer in Greenlee 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027003
MRDS ID M001690
Record type Site
Current site name Oliver Claims
Related records 10235053

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.37009, 33.19788 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 11 MI NNW OF CLIFTON, 1.9 MI NE OF GRANVILLE RECREATION AREA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greenlee(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mitchell Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Francisco(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Greenlee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 003S 029E 04 SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE, CLAIMS ARE IN SW 1/4 OF SECTION 04 .

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Surface Oxidation To Unknown Depths

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Modoc Limestone;Morenci Shale
    Rock description Modoc Limestone;Morenci Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.37009, 33.19788
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Narrow Belts Of Carboniferous Limestone Surrounded By Tertiary Volcanic Flows
Type of structure Local
Structure description Limestone Beds Occupy Eastern End Of A Comparatively Narrow Belt Of Carboniferous Rocks That Extends Westward For Several Miles

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, IRREGULAR MASSES
    Strike N 45 E
    Dip NW
    Length 213.36M
    Width 7.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne-Trending, Steeply Dipping Faults Cutting Limestone Beds; Ore Occurs Within Fault Zone In Erratically Destributed Lenses And Irregular Masses

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEST ORE WAS FOUND IN THE NE HALF OF THE DEPOSIT WHERE THE MINERALIZED AREAS RANGED FROM 2 TO 6 FT IN WIDTH AND FROM A FEW FT TO TENS OF FT IN LENGTH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Discoverer Ben Billingsley
Year of first production 1955

Mining district

District name Copper Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^18.9 % Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 19wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 4.57M
    Overall length 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW ADIT, BULLDOZER STRIPING AND TRENCHING.

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED CHARLES H. JONAS, BEN BILLINGSLEY, AND ROY WILSON

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., STEWART, L.A., AND DELONG, C.W., 1961 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF EASTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990 , P. 96 .

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES, OLIVER GROUP OF CLAIMS

  • Deposit

    BENNETT, 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE COUNTY, ARIZONA: M.S. THESIS UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, 153 P.

  • Production

    U.S.B.M. I.C. 7990 , P. 96 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FAULT OR FRACTURE ZONE STRIKES N40E AND DIPS STEEPLYTO NW; LIMESTONE BEDS TREND ABOUT N30E AND DIP 20NW; 2 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS
Deposit SEE ALSO: SYLVIA M. CLAIMS, LOCATED ON SAME LIMESTONE BELT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1981 Calder, Susan R. U.S. Geological Survey

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