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Rucker Prospect

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027614
MRDS ID M003527
Record type Site
Current site name Rucker Prospect
Alternate or previous names Barite 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.52772, 35.23641 (WGS84)
Elevation 1183
Relative position 28 MILES W. OF KINGMAN, 28 MILES N. OF WIKIEUP.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tin Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Valentine(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Williams(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Sandy(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 020N 012W 02 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAY 92 % BA SO4 , SPECIFIC GRAVITY 4.3.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.52772, 35.23641
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS, STRINGERS
    Strike N 60 W
    Dip 90
    Width 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Three-In-One District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEWARD, L. A., PFISTER, A. J., BARITE DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. R.I. 5651 , P. 44 - 47

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.

  • Production

    U.S.B.M. R.I. 5651 , P. 44 - 47; PEIRCE, 1990.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE WESTERN DEPOSIT OF THIS MINE IS MADE UP OF PODS OR SEGREGATIONS OF BARITE UP TO 2 FEET WIDE, IN A ZONE ABOUT 40 FEET WIDE. THIS IS WITHIN THE GRANITE AND ASSAYS AT ABOUT 10 TO 15 % BA. THE EASTERN DEPOSIT IS A HIGH GRADE BARITE VEIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1978 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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