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Apache & Dulcy Claims

Past Producer in Maricopa 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. 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. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027590
MRDS ID M003452
Record type Site
Current site name Apache & Dulcy Claims
Alternate or previous names Gallagher & Flynn
Related records 10258891

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.18326, 33.73589 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Relative position 16 MILES SOUTH OF AGUILA, 1 MILE SE OF U. S. GROUP.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Little Horn Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Centennial Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005N 009W 29 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Manganite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Analytical data

Result LOW FE OXIDE CONTENT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N5E-N10W
    Dip W
    Length 121.92M
    Width 1.37M

Comments on the geologic information

  • BRECCIATED ZONES ARE ABOUT 10 FEET WIDE. MOST OF THEORE IS IN NARROW SEAMS OF OXIDES. OXIDES EXTEND TO 30 FT. DEEP ORE MINED FROM 2 VEINS, 750 FEET APART

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1915

Mining district

District name Aguila District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Frank Mcelrath
    First year 1954
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. N. House
    First year 1954

Production statistics

  • Year 1918
    Material ORE MN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^40 Percent Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 40wt-pct
  • Year 1953
    Material ORE MN
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^18 Percent Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 18wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 9.14M
    Overall length 22.86M
    Overall width 1.22M

Comments on the workings information

  • 30 FOOT DEEP OPEN CUT (ON DULCY NO. 2 CLAIM), UP TO 25 FOOT DEEP OPEN CUT (BULK OF ORE PRODUCED, APACHE CLAIM). APACHE HAS 8 M LONG INCLINE OF UNKNOWN DEPTH AND 22 M SQUARE OPEN PIT.

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED FRANK MCELRATH (1954). PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 4 CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S.B.M. CARD FILE.

  • Deposit

    USBM-FILE DATA-CLUSTER NO 604-GALLAGHER AND FLYNN.

  • Deposit

    ARIZ. B. M. BULL. 127, P. 68.

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., AND STEWART, L.A., 1958, MN DEPOSITS,WESTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 7843.

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, G.B., 1985, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS OF WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-17, 140 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    WILSON AND BUTLER, 1930.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: WWI
Deposit 3 VEINS IN 10 FT WIDE BRECCIA ZONE; SAME VEINS AS NEARBY U. S. GROUP. THE APACHE CLAIM HAS 2 VEINS, ONE 24 M LONG AND 1 TO 1.5 M WIDE, THE OTHER 120 M X 1 TO 1.5 M. BOTH STRIKE NORTH WITH STEEP DIPS. THE EAST VEIN DIPS TO THE EAST (?), THE WEST VEIN DIPS TO THE WEST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1981 Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1990 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1995 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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