Day Peaks Area Veins

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037131
MRDS ID M030554
Record type Site
Current site name Day Peaks Area Veins
Related records 10112414

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.89791, 33.42397 (WGS84)
Elevation 1234
Relative position 1.75 MI SW OF COPPER CITIES OPERATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Inspiration(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(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 Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001N 014E 14 E2 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Lead Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • STOLTZITE WITH 9% M002

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Rock unit name Pinal Schist
    Rock description Pinal Schist

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description E Trending Nearly Vertical Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike E
    Dip 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • 2 Narrow E Striking Fracture Zones In Diabase Near Edge Of Dacite T Hat Caps Days Peak

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Miami-Inspiration District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT ABOUT 100 FT LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, 1962, USGS PP 342

  • Deposit

    DALE, 1961, USBM IC 8078

  • Deposit

    FAICK & HILDEBRAND, 1958, AM. MIN. V. 43, P. 156-159

  • Deposit

    ABM FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOSTLY COVERED BY DIABASE TALUS
Deposit THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030554 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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