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Kaibab Group

Past Producer in Coconino county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046354
MRDS ID M241483
Record type Site
Current site name Kaibab Group
Related records 10137005

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.2302, 36.71889 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1/2 TO 3/4 MILES NORTH OF JACOB LAKE, Location From Usbm Data, Not Located On Quadrangle.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coconino(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jacob Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fredonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grand Canyon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kanab(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Kaibab National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Coconino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 038N 002E 06 S2 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NE OF JACOB LAKE TOWNSITE. UTM IS CENTER OR SOUTH HALF, SECTION 6 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE 6 COPPER (1948)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Kaibab Formation
    Rock description Kaibab Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.2302, 36.71889
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.44M
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Favorable Beds Of Cherty Sandstone Where Intersected By Vertical Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1942
Year of last production 1950

Mining district

District name Warm Springs District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Metals Corp., Mineral Rights Only

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT PRODUCTION, UNDER ABOUT SEVER FEET OF OVERBURDEN.

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED APRX MINING COMPANY, ATHERLY AND RYAN, WOODWARD AND SPRNCEE ATHERLY BROTHERS, 1948 U.S. METALS CORPORATION WAS OWNER THROUGHOUT HISTORY, APEX CO IS A SUBSIDIARY OF U.S. METALS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ADMR

  • Deposit

    USBM DATA, CLUSTER #1558

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINED A 20 FT WIDE ZONE 700 FT LONG IN 1948
Deposit VERY CLOSE PROKIMITY TO RYAN, PETOSKEY, AND MACKIN MINES. ALL OF THESE MINES ARE VERY SIMILAR, STRATABOUND COPPER DEPOSITS, WITH ORE ALONG VERTICAL FISSURES. FISSURES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH BROAD FOLDS, AND ARE CONTEMPORANEOUS WITH REGIONAL BRECCIA PIPE FORMATION (JUR-MIDDLE CRET). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-82 Gest, Don E. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

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