Graham Prospect

Occurrence in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039690
MRDS ID M050663
Record type Site
Current site name Graham Prospect
Related records 10235063

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.11595, 32.73011 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Relative position 14 MILES SE OF KLONDYKE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graham(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blue Jay Peak(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 Graham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 008S 022E 20 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TABULAR CRYSTAL AGGREGATES; & MASSIVE BARITE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorspar Gangue

Analytical data

Result 77.8% BASO4
Result 4.9% CAF2.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.11595, 32.73011

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Associated With Ne Trending Laramide Dike Swarms.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 30 W
    Dip 75 NE
    Width 0.41M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Discoverer John East And Associates

Mining district

District name Clark District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Elton Kidd
    First year 1958

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.001HA
    Overall depth 3.05M
    Overall length 3.66M
    Overall width 1.83M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 5651, P. 24-25.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE VEIN WITH MINOR FLUORITE IN FRACTURES IN COARSE-GRAINED GRANITE.
Deposit PROBABLY AN EXTENSION OF MARCOTTE FRACTURE SYSTEM. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. 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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