| Deposit ID | 10102460 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M002554 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Renner Barite Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Toltec, Renner and Sam, Mohawk Claims, Renner Mine |
| Related records | 10113628 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.76438, 32.73897 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 183 |
| Relative position | 2 MILES NW OF MOHAWK. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Yuma(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mohawk(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Dateland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Ajo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Gila(hydrologic unit)
Lower Gila(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 | Yuma |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 008S | 015W | 11 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Barium-Barite Critical | Primary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Ankerite | Ore |
| Barite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| (1) | -113.76438, 32.73897 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Faulting |
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | S 70 E |
| Dip | 80 SW |
| Thickness | 0.61M |
| Length | 1219.2M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1929 |
| Year of last production | 1930 |
| Production years | 1929-1930 |
| District name | Mohawk District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Military Reservation |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Length | 7.62M |
| Overall depth | 6.1M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M002554 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040270342 |
WILSON, E. D.; GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134 , P. 152 .
PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.
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.
CIMRI
A.B.M. BULL. 134 , P. 152 .
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | LENSING MASSES OF BARITE CRYSTALS WITH MINOR FLUORITE, WITHIN CRYSTALLINE CALCITE, IN A FAULT ZONE. IRREGULAR LAYERS OF PALE-BLUE CHLORITE HAS BEEN REPORTED TO CARRY A LITTLE SILVER. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1972 | Gere, W. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-OCT-1979 | Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-1992 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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