| Deposit ID | 10048277 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M800400 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Red Rock Claims |
| Related records | 10112421 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.28509, 33.04427 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1158 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
| Relative position | 1.2 MILES SE OF CLIFTON, IN WARD CANYON, Used Usbm Information Circuilar 7990, Page 102 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Greenlee(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Clifton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Clifton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
San Francisco(hydrologic unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Greenlee |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 004S | 030E | 32 | W2 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Psilomelane | Ore |
| Pyrolusite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Precambrian Granite-Granodiorite Complex | ||||||
| Rock description | Precambrian Granite-Granodiorite Complex | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | -109.28509, 33.04427 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ore Deposits In Region Occur In Fracture Zones Cutting Precambrian Granite And Quaternary Gila Conglomerate |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Fracture Zone Consists Of A Series Of More Or Less Parallel Fractures, Crosscutting Seams, And Brecciated Areas |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N55E |
| Dip | 60 SE |
| Length | 304.8M |
| Width | 6.1M |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Dip | 60 SE |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1953 |
| Discoverer | Matt And Ed Danenhaver, Ernest W. Foote |
| District name | Copper Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | State |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Matt And Ed Danenhaver, Ernest W. Foote (State Prospecting Permit, |
| Last year | 1962 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | State Lands |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M800400 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 00401100216 |
USBM INF CIRC 7990, P. 102
USBM FILES, RED ROCK CLAIMS
ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA, DANENHAVER-DANENHAVER-ANDERSON-RAPIER EXPLORATION PROJECT
BENNETT, K.C., 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE COUNTY, ARIZONA: M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, 153P.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS |
| Deposit | SEE ALSO: DANENHAVER-DANENHAVER-ANDERSON-RAPIER EXPLORATION PROJECT (192): EXPLORATION FOR COPPER IN THE N2 OF SECTION 32; DRILLING TO DEPTHS OF 1500 FT LOCATED LEACHED MINERAL DEPOSITS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-82 | Calder, Susan R. | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology |
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