| Deposit ID | 10095781 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M800252 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Rainbow Property |
| Alternate or previous names | Norps Group, Copper Penny |
| Related records | 10234798 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.32159, 33.71728 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | ADJACENT TO YUMA COUNTY LINE. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Maricopa(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Weldon Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Salome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Centennial Wash(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Maricopa |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 004N | 010W | 06 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Tertiary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Limestone, General | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Gangue |
| Dolomite | Gangue |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Limestone | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist |
| (1) | -113.32159, 33.71728 |
|---|
| Strike | N40E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 225SE |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M800252 |
MEEVES, 1966, USBM RI 6828, P. 58
MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM: ARIZONA FLUORSPAR: ARIZONA DMR, MARCH, 1976.
PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.
PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
CIMRI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE OCCURS IN QUARTZ VEINS BETWEEN CONTACT OF SCHIST AND GRANITE. BARITE AND FLUORITE FORM PART OF GANGUE. |
| Deposit | THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE MRDS RECORD TC00304 WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM THE FILE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1982 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-OCT-1992 | Wells, Tina M. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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