| Deposit ID | 10096998 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M000334 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Rare Metals Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.03431, 33.09176 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 671 |
| Relative position | 3 MI W OF KELVIN, 1 MI S OF GILA RIVER |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pinal(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Grayback(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Mesa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)
Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle 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 | Pinal |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 004S | 013E | 08,09,15 | SE4 (08) OF SW4 (09) | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Ferrimolybdite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Limestone | Gangue |
| Result | GRANITE SAID BY OWNER TO CARRY 2.5% CU AND 2.5% MO |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||
| Rock unit name | Ruin Granite;Teacup Granodiorite | ||
| Rock description | Ruin Granite;Teacup Granodiorite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| (1) | -111.03431, 33.09176 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | 40 Ft Wide Shear Fault |
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Riverside District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 25.6M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M000334 |
KING, 1969, ABM BULL 180
KUCK, 1978, PH.D. THESIS, UNIV OF AZ
ADMR, 1962, MOLYBDENUM RESOURCES OF AZ
CORNWALL & KRIEGER, 1975, USGS MAP GQ-1206
CIMRI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THIS RECORD WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M000334 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. THIS RECORD ALSO CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000339 OF ROBERT U. KING WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1983 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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