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Gold Cliff Group

Past Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite, Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium)
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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. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027067
MRDS ID M001892
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Cliff Group
Alternate or previous names Golden Reef, Pocahontas, Nata, Diaz, Steele Claims
Related records 10137798

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.91351, 33.8834 (WGS84)
Elevation 957
Relative position 5 MI N OF CAVE CREEK P.O. BY ROAD; ABOUT 35 MI N OF PHOENIX.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New River Mesa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Theodore Roosevelt Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 006N 004E 11 NE4 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1964

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Molybdenum Secondary
Copper Secondary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Ferberite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Gold Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Coarse Sericitization And Silicification

Analytical data

Result FERBERITE CONTAINS 2.2% OF COLUMBIUM-TANTALUM OXIDE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.91351, 33.8834
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N 45 E Fissure System Intersected By N 25-30 E Fissure System

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E, N25-30E
    Dip 65SE, 60SE
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Shoots Seem Related To Intersection Of Fissures As If N45e Zone S Were Mineralized By The N25-30e Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1910
Year of last production 1941

Mining district

District name Cave Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Russel Talbott (Mrs. Steele'S Son-In-Law)
    First year 1959

Production statistics

  • Year 1949
    Period 1936-1949
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Concentrates, 60-67% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Conc. Tungsten Tungsten 64wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED DURING WWI BY PITTSBURG TUNGSTEN CO, BUT PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE NOT AVAILABLE

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL OPEN STOPES, SURFACE CUTS, AND SHORT ADITS, 6 TUNNELS

Comments on development

  • 4 PATENTED, 9 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE DAN STEELE AND STUART GOLD REEF MINES, HOMESTAKE, ALEXANDER, GOLDEN REEF, COTTONWOOD INC (1934), GOLD CLIFF MINING CO AND JACK LEMONS (1941); MINE WAS REVIVED IN 1910 BY JAKE LIN; GOLD REEF MINING CO (DAN & MANDE STEELE) (1917)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE, 1959, USBM RI 5516, P. 37-40.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, 1941, ABM BULL 148, P. 26.

  • Deposit

    MEEVES, 1966, USBM RI 6828.

  • Deposit

    MEEVES, 1966, USBM RI 6828, P. 58.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE (STUART GOLD REEF, GOLD REEF).

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    DALE, 1959; WILSON, 1941

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M001892 WITH RECORD D000773 OF JIM ELLIOT AND JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit GOLD IN NE PART OF AREA, W IN SW PART OF AREA. ATTITUDES ARE GIVEN FOR 2 FISSURES. GOLD IS FINE GRAINED AND OCCURS MAINLY IN CAVITIES. FERBERITE IS NEXT TO FOOTWALL IN LENSES WITH UP TO 600 POUNDS OF NEARLY PURE MINERAL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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