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Geronimo Group

Past Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Manganese, Barium-Barite
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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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046297
MRDS ID M241195
Record type Site
Current site name Geronimo Group
Related records 10234344

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.86097, 33.07842 (WGS84)
Elevation 777
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES SOUTH OF STEAMBOAT MOUNTAIN., Group Of Prospects On Quad, Central Point Used.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hayden(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;015E 24R14E;18,19R15E NE4 (24); SW4 (18); NW4 (17) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SW FLANK OF DRIPPING SPRINGS MOUNTAINS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1942 ASSAY WAS 30.2 PERCENT MANGANESE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Big Dome Formation
    Rock description Big Dome Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.86097, 33.07842
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20W
    Dip VERTICAL TO STEEP SE
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Zones Of Fracturing And Brecciation, N20w

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Steamboat Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • SCATTERED DISCOVERY PITS AND OPEN CUTS.

Comments on development

  • SEVEN UNPATENTED CLAIMS; FLORENCE NEATHERLIN, OWNER 1941

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USBM I-C. 7990, 1961, P. 152.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LENSES UP TO A FEW TENS OF FEET, WIDTHS UP TO 4 FEET. FOUR PARALLEL ZONES 50 TO 200 FEED APART.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-82 Gest, Don E. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-DEC-92 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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