Unnamed Deposit

Past Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Tungsten, Lead, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, Copper
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. 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 10039521
MRDS ID M050215
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.86458, 32.84427 (WGS84)
Elevation 1183
Relative position 11 MILE SW OF WINKELMAN ON SW FLANK OF ANTELOPE PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Putnam Wash(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 007S 014E 11 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • IN QUARTZ VEIN, SMALL POWELLITE PARTICLES WITH IRREGULAR BUNCHES OF SCHEELITE AND WOLFRAMITE. ALSO IN OCCUR ARE MO, AG.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Powellite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result FROM 5 TONS OF ORE TAKEN FROM DUMP IN 1942 123 POUNDS OF CONCENTRATE YIELDED 33.1 PCT. WO3
Result 0.28 CU
Result 9.82 PB
Result 2.53 OZ.
Result 6.28 OZ. AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.86458, 32.84427

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Block Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Minor Pre-Cretaceous E And Ne Trending Folds And Major Post-Cretaceous Nnw Trending Faults.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 75 E
    Dip 45 TO 60 SE
    Thickness 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Vein

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: FISSURE ZONE OF IRREGULAR EASTWARD TREND IS TRACEABLE FOR 2000 FT. OUTCROPS MARKED BY IRON STAIN AND IN PLACES BY LENTICULAR BODIES OF COARSELY CRYSTALLINE, CELLULAR, DULL-WHITE QUARTZ.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 36.58M
    Overall depth 21.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • 70 FT. INCLINED SHAFT, 50 FT. DRIFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE, V. B., 1959, U.S. BUREAU MINES REPT. OF INV. 5516

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1941, ARIZONA BUREAU MINES BULL. 148

  • Deposit

    1959 COMPILE U.S. BUREAU MINES, R.I. 5516

  • Deposit

    1972 GEOLMAP KRIEGER, M.H. (CQ SERIES MAP IN PRESS)

  • Production

    DALE, V.B., 1959

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SPORADIC ORE MINERALIZATION IN QUARTZ VEINS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Bergquist, Joel 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.