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Detectron and Pegmatite Claims

Occurrence in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Platinum, Lead
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048463
MRDS ID MP00050
Record type Site
Current site name Detectron and Pegmatite Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.75685, 33.11925 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Relative position ABOUT 10 MI NORTH-NORTHWEST OF GILA BEND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Citrus Valley East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Gila-Painted Rock Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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 Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 003S;004S 005W;005W 32,33,34;04 W BORDER OF NW4 (34) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • ADJACENT TO BLM WOOLSEY PEAK WILDERNESS STUDY AREA. SECS. 32, 33, 04 UNSURVEYED. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR ADIT SYMBOL IN PEGMATITE CLAIM; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = CITRUS VALLEY EAST 1:24000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAMPLES FROM THESE CLAIMS ALSO CONTAIN VERY LOW LEVELS OF U308

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result 3 SAMPLES CONTAIN PT: (1) 1.23 PPM AG, 31 PPM PB, 39 PPB PT
Result (2) 168 PPB AU, 51 PPB PT
Result (3) 39 PPB PT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.75685, 33.11925
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zones

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Local Fracture Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • NO KNOWN PRODUCTION

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL PROSPECT PITS

Comments on development

  • SEVERAL SMALL PROSPECT PITS IN AREA OF CLAIMS. NEARBY STAMSCO CLAIMS STAKED FOR PT AND AU BUT PT NOT DETECTED THERE (MCDONNELL, 1986)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCDONNELL, J.R., JR., 1986, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF A PART OF THE WOOLSEY PEAK WILDERNESS STUDY AREA (AZ-020-142/144), MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERAL LAND ASSESSMENT OPEN-FILE REPORT 46-86, 14 P.

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, J.A., HASSEMER, J.R., KNEPPER, D.H., JR., PITKIN, J.A., HANNA, W.F., AND MCDONNELL, J.R., JR., 1989, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE WOOLSEY PEAK WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1702-F, 16 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROSPECTS ARE IN PEGMATITES AND QUARTZ MONZONITE WITH WHICH THE PEGMATITES ARE ASSOCIATED
Deposit PGE DATA COLLECTED AS PART OF USBM STUDY FOR THE WOOLSEY PEAK WILDERNESS STUDY AREA ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-89 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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