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Captain Jack Claims

Occurrence in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodities Iron, Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10027028
MRDS ID M001744
Record type Site
Current site name Captain Jack Claims
Related records 10136632

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.37235, 33.05621 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 6 MILES NW OF ARAVAIPA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graham(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Turnbull(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

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 019E 26 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INDIAN CEDED LANDS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Specularite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES: 65.35 % FE, 57.81 % FE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.37235, 33.05621
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR LENSES
    Strike N
    Dip 70 E
    Length 60.96M
    Width 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Between Diabase And Limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS, AN ADIT, AND MANY SMALL CUTS AND PITS.

Comments on development

  • OTHER NAMES INCLUDE: BLACKSTRAP, LAST DOLLAR, CALUMET, GOLD CRACK, SQUAW SPRINGS, RED IRON, DINNER BELLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 8236, P. 59

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY HAS BEEN LOCATED SEVERAL TIMES FOR GOLD AND SILVER, WITH NO PRODUCTION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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