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Sheep Claim Mine

Past Producer in Yuma county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Iron
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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 10027216
MRDS ID M002513
Record type Site
Current site name Sheep Claim Mine
Related records 10235004

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.99716, 32.91147 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Relative position 9.5 MILES NW OF SIGNAL BUTTE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yuma(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North of Roll(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dateland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Gila(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ARMY(Federal land areas administered by ARMY)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yuma

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 006S 017W 15 CENTER OF N2 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE KOFA GAME RANGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.99716, 32.91147
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike S
    Dip 45W
    Width 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Castle Dome District

Land status

Ownership category Federal
Area name Kofa Game Range

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW TONS OF GOLD BEARING ORE HAS BEEN MINED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • VEIN HAS BEEN EXPLORED BY AN INCLINED SHAFT, WITH SOME LATERAL STOPING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 134, P. 104

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.