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Little Dick Claim

Past Producer in Coconino county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Production statistics
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027351
MRDS ID M002932
Record type Site
Current site name Little Dick Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.44602, 36.63251 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 11.5 MILES DUE EAST OF HIGHWAY 85

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coconino(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dead Monkey Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Glen Canyon Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Marble Canyon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Lake Powell(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Coconino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 037N 009E Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MAJOR AND MINOR MINERALS ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE WHOLE WHITE MESA DISTRICT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result 18 CHANNEL SAMPLES PRODUCED 0.002 OZ. AU, 25 CHANNEL SAMPLES PRODUCED 0.99 OZ. AG AND 1.12 % CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Host Rock Is Referred To As Navajo Sandstone
    Rock description Host Rock Is Referred To As Navajo Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.44602, 36.63251
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description 10 Miles East Of Echo Cliffs Monocline.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 18.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • West - Northwest Joints And West - Northwest, East - Northeast Fractures.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Period - 1955
    Material ORE CU
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.74 % Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 8 : TOTAL TONNAGE PRODUCED UP TO 1955 .

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1955
    Total resources 7374000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.3 wt-pct Copper Major 1955

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INDICATED CU ORE TOTALS OF 2,260,000 TONS SHOWS 615,000 TONS OF REASONABLY ASSURED ORE AND 1,645,000 TONS OF ORE IN PROBABLE EXTENSIONS. INFERRED CU ORE TOTALS (ORE IN CONCEALED ORE BODIES) SHOWS 14,000,000 TONS. TOTAL ESTIMATED ORE RESERVES EQUALS INDICATED ORES PLUS INFERRED ORES, WHICH EQUALS 16,260,000 TONS. THIS TOTAL IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE WHOLE WHITE MESA MINING DISTRICT.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A MAIN OPEN CUT WITH THREE TRENCH APPROACHES, AND THREE SHORT ADITS. A SECOND CUT, OR SHAFT, AND A THIRD CUT THAT CONTINUES AS AN ADIT TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AREA OF MINERALIZED BODY = 156,600 SQ. FT.
Deposit THE INFORMATION FOUND UNDER RESERVES AND POTENTIAL RESOURCES, DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSIT (EXCLUDING HOST ROCK TYPE), AND MAIN AND MINOR ORE MINERALS ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE WHOLE WHITE MESA MINING DISTRICT. LITTLE DICK CLAIM BEING JUST ONE OF THE CLAIMS THAT COMPRISE THIS DISTRICT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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