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Brewer Claims

Occurrence in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodity 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027716
MRDS ID M003934
Record type Site
Current site name Brewer Claims
Alternate or previous names Iron Mine Terry, Anderson
Related records 10186127

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.0805, 33.86394 (WGS84)
Elevation 351
Relative position 6 MI. IN A DIRECT LINE SW OF BOUSE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ibex Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blythe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bouse Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(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 La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 006N;006N 018W;017W 13;;18 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Siderite Ore

Analytical data

Result A CHARACTER SAMPLE TAKEN BY THE BUREAU IN 1961 CONTAINED 47.0% FE
Result 0.3% MN
Result 0.3% TITANIA
Result 0.11% P
Result 0.36S
Result 19.4% SI

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.0805, 33.86394
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • WHERE OBSERVED, THE FERRUGINOUS LIMESTONE EXPOSURES REST ON PRECAMBRIAN BIOTITE GRANITE WITH WIDELY DIVERGENT DIPS. THE IRON-ENRICHED PORTION OF THE LIMESTONE APPEARS AS MUCH AS 10 FEET THICK AND MAY PROVE EXTENSIVE BUT LOW GRADE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Northern Plomosa District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL SURFACE CUTS CONSTITUTE THE DEVELOPMENT WORK DONE ON THE PROPERTY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BANCROFT, HOWLAND; 1911; ORE DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 451, P. 92

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.

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