Mcfadden Peak Fluorspar

Past Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodity 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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056467
MRDS ID TC00294
Record type Site
Current site name Mcfadden Peak Fluorspar
Alternate or previous names Mack Claims, Western Fluorspar Property
Related records 10209491

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.9682, 33.90174 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 70 KM NNW OF GLOBE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McFadden Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Seneca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto 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 Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 007N 013E 36 S2 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • USBM GIVES LOC AS T7N, R13E, SEC 36 AND T7N, R14E, SEC 31 (33-54-10N, 110-58-15W). PHILLIPS GIVES LOCATION AS SEC 35, T7N, R13E. LAT-LONG TAKEN FROM PROSPECTS SHOWN IN SEC. 36 OF T7N, R13E. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1992)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Contact Metamorphism

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 174
USGS model code 26b
Deposit model name Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Dripping Springs Quartzite
    Rock description Dripping Springs Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.9682, 33.90174

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip 73 S
    Thickness 45M
    Length 1371.6M
    Width 4M
    Depth to top 5M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1972
Year of first production 1975
Year of last production 1979
Production years 1975-1979

Mining district

District name Sierra Ancha Mining District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Tonto National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Western Fluorspar, Ltd.
    First year 1982
  • Type Owner
    Owner Estate Of Woodie Nichols
    First year 1982

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION WAS FOR TESTING ONLY.

Comments on development

  • EXPLORED WITH 37 TRENCHES AND 5 DIAMOND DRILL HOLES PRIOR TO 1976. PRODUCTION FOR TESTING ONLY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.

  • Deposit

    SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    SWAYER AND OTHERS, 1992.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IN FAULT ZONE WITHIN FLAT-LYING QUARTZITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-92 Wells, Tina M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-93 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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