| Deposit ID | 10039527 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M050222 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gold Bullion Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Banes 1 & 2 Claims, Last Chance, And Tellurium Claim Groups |
| Related records | 10113523 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.59848, 31.72402 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1372 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 3 MIS OF BABOQUIVARI PEAK ON N SIDE OF WEAVER CANYON. 7 MI W OF SASABE ROAD. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pima(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mildred Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Brawley Wash(hydrologic unit)
Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Pima |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 019S | 007E;007E | 35;02 | S OF CENTER (35); N OF CENTER (02) | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Tungsten Critical | Secondary |
| Vanadium Critical | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | -111.59848, 31.72402 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Fault Fissures, Bedding Plane Faults; Some Post Mineral Faulting Crushed Quartz & Mo |
| Strike | N70W |
|---|---|
| Dip | 70N TO 40N |
| Thickness | 3.66M |
| Length | 441.96M |
| Width | 2.44M |
| Depth to top | 16.76M |
| Depth to bottom | 68.58M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1885 |
| Year of first production | 1885 |
| District name | Baboquivari District |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | H. E. Heighton |
| First year | 1942 |
| Year | 1939 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1880-1939 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | AU ORE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^1 Oz/St Au, 12 Oz/St Ag, Minor Cu, Pb | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.07HA |
| Length | 106.68M |
| Overall depth | 68.58M |
| Overall length | 12.19M |
| Overall width | 3.05M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M050222 |
KIRKEMO, ANDERSON, & CREASEY, 1965, USGS BULL 1182-E
WILSON, CUNNINGHAM, & BUTLER, 1934, ABM BULL 137
KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 109
ABM FILE DATA
NOWLAN, G.A., HAXEL, G.B., HANNA, W.F., PITKIN, J.A., DIVELEY-WHITE, D.V., MCDONNELL, J.R., JR., AND LUNDBY, WILLIAM, 1989, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BABOQUIVARI PEAK AND COYOTE MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1702, 30 P.
CIMRI
KIRKEMO, 1965; KEITH, 1974; USBM
ADMR, 1962
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | First Production Year: 1880'S FOR AU, 1916 FOR MO |
| Deposit | DISCONTINUOUS MINERALIZED QUARTZ FISSURE VEINS AND PEGMATITES CUTTING METASEIMENTARY AND GRANITIC ROCKS AND RHYOLITE DIKES.. QUARTZ VEINS RANGE IN SIZE AND TREND; GOLD MINED FROM 55 & 225 LEVELS; MOLY FROM 225 LEVEL. |
| Deposit | THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050222 WITH RECORD M000098 OF JAN WILT AND RECORD D00328 OF ROBERT KING IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON, T.G. THEO DORE, USGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1880'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1983 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1993 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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