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Downey & Gallen Occurrence

Occurrence in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037086
MRDS ID M030369
Record type Site
Current site name Downey & Gallen Occurrence
Alternate or previous names D & G Mining Co, Black Mountain Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.5536, 35.72307 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MI S OF POPE MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mohave Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boulder City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Detrital Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(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 Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 027N 021W Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitic, Phyllic

Analytical data

Result LARGE GEOCHEM ANOMALY

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.5536, 35.72307
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Sericite Vein

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Galen District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • GEOPHYSICS & DRILLING BY BEAR CREEK, ETC; NEW JERSEY ZINC; GEOCHE MICAL SURVEYS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AZ. BUR. GEOL. FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030369 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE; CONTACT PERSON T. G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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