Red Racer

Occurrence in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037104
MRDS ID M030405
Record type Site
Current site name Red Racer
Related records 10162337

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.73567, 31.39264 (WGS84)
Elevation 1600
Relative position 15 MI E OF NOGALES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harshaw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 023S 016E 31 N2 OF N2 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • IN PROVIDENCIA CANYON ABOUT 1/2 MI SW OF FOUR METALS MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FORMER OWNERS (ADDRESS UNKNOWN) REPORTED MOLYBDENUM AS THE PRINCIP AL METAL

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ferrimolybdite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Talc Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Potassic Alteration

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 58
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.73567, 31.39264

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Deposits In Area Occur In Stocklike Body Of Diorite Porphyry Which Forms Four Metals Hill And Intrudes Older Granodiorite
Type of structure Local
Structure description Sheeted, Shattered, And Crushed Granodiorite

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lenses, Stringers, And Seams In Fissures, Joints, Sheeting Planes, And Other Fractures In Granodiorite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Patagonia District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL CARS OF PRODUCTION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFTS AND TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 582, P. 317-320

  • Deposit

    USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000)

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 658-E

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES, RED RACER

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA, FOUR METALS MINE

  • Deposit

    ADMR, 1962, MOLY PROSPECTS IN AZ

  • Production

    ADMR FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1982 Calder, Susan R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.