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Grayhorse Vanadium Property

Occurrence in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Vanadium, Lead, Zinc, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037115
MRDS ID M030473
Record type Site
Current site name Grayhorse Vanadium Property
Alternate or previous names Vanadium Prospects of J.J. Sullivan
Related records 10210436

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.90486, 33.11259 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position 4 MI E OF KILVEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kearny(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle 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 Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 004S 014E 03 SW4 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vanadium Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Descloizite Ore
Galena Ore
Vanadinite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Mescal Limestone
    Rock description Mescal Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.90486, 33.11259
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80E
    Dip 85S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Is In A Fissure In A Limestone Inclusion In The Diabase & Along Bedding Planes In The Limestone

Comments on the geologic information

  • VANADATES ARE YOUNGER THAN GALENA BUT OLDER THAN QUARTZ

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dripping Springs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 40 FT DEEP, A FEW SHORT TUNNELS, A SMALL OPEN CUT 600 FT S OF MAIN WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, 1923, USGS FOLIO 217

  • Deposit

    CORNWALL & KRIEGER, 1975, USGS MAP GQ-1188

  • Deposit

    ABM FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030473 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1990 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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