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Wolf Spring, Wilson and Cherry Creek

Past Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodity Asbestos
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101429
MRDS ID D002820
Record type Site
Current site name Wolf Spring, Wilson and Cherry Creek
Related records 10160894

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.83403, 34.00008 (WGS84)
Elevation 1423

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gentry Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Show Low(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Holbrook(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 008N 015E 29,30 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • THE LORDSBURG DISTRICT IS LOCATED IN THE EXTREME NORTHERN PART OF THE PYRAMID MOUNTAINS. IT IS AN ELONGATE DISTRICT WHICH TRENDS NORTH-SOUTH AND IS ABOUT SEVEN MILES LONG BY THREE MILES WIDE. LATITUDE-LONGITUDE AND UTM LOCATION IS FOR THE EIGHTY-FIVE MINE, ONE OF THE LARGEST MINES IN THE DISTRICT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Mescal Limestone;
    Rock description Mescal Lst;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.83403, 34.00008
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • EXPOSED ROCKS IN THE DISTRICT ARE EXTRUSIVE AND INTRUSIVE VOLCANICS RANGING IN AGE FROM UPPER CRETACEOUS TO PLIOCENE BUT CONSISTING CHIEFLY OF BASALTIC ANDESITE FLOWS INTRUDED BY A PORPHYRITIC GRANODIORITE STOCK. MAJOR FAULTS TREND NORTH-SOUTH ALONG THE MARGINS OF THE PYRAMID MOUNTAINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sierra Ancha

Comments on the production information

  • THE MOST IMPORTANT DISTRICT IN HIDALGO COUNTY IN TERMS OF TOTAL PRODUCTION VALUE AND THE 4TH RANKING DISTRICT IN NEW MEXICO FOR COPPER PRODUCTION. TOTAL VALUE OF PRODUCTION FROM 1870 TO 1975 HAS BEEN ESTIMATED AT 60 MILLION DOLLARS. AVERAGE ORE GRADE AT THE EIGHTY-FIVE MINE WAS 2.8 % CU, 1.23 OZ AG/TON, AND 0.11 OZ AU/TON.

Comments on the workings information

  • THIS DISTRICT CONTAINS SOME OF THE DEEPEST WORKINGS IN NEW MEXICO AND INCLUDES SEVERAL WELL DEVELOPED MINES WHICH EXCEED 2000 FT IN DEPTH. THE MOST EXTENSIVE WORKINGS ARE IN THE EIGHTY-FIVE MINE, THE BONNEY MINE AND THE ATWOOD-HENRY CLAY MINE. ALTHOUGH MAINLY AN UNDERGROUND MINING DISTRICT, SOME SMALL OPEN PIT OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE NORTHERN PART OF THE DISTRICT CONTAINS DEPOSITS OF THE COPPER-TOURMALINE CLASS OF VEINS WHICH ARE THE MOST PRODUCTIVE DEPOSITS OF THIS TYPE IN THE UNITED STATES. ORE OCCURS IN EAST TO NORTHEAST STRIKING VEINS BUT THE LARGEST OREBODIES ARE FOUND IN THE NORTHEAST STRIKING VEINS. THE EMERALD VEIN, AT THE EIGHTY-FIVE MINE, HAS BEEN MINED CONTINUOUSLY FOR A STRIKE LENGTH OF MORE THAN 4000 FT AND A VERTICAL DEPTH OF ABOUT 2000 FT. THE AVERAGE WIDTH OF THE EMERALD VEIN IS ABOUT 6.5 FT.
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD NUMBER D001960 BY M.H. MILLER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1977 Hasler, J. William U.S. Geological Survey

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