Renner Barite Mine

Past Producer in Yuma county in Arizona, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Silver, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates: -113.76438, 32.73897 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Relative position 2 MILES NW OF MOHAWK.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yuma

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 008S 015W 11 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Silver Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ankerite Ore
Barite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.76438, 32.73897

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike S 70 E
    Dip 80 SW
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 1219.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Principal Barite Vein Occurs Within A Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mohawk District

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Comments on the production information

  • DURING 1929 - 1930 , 18 CARLOADS OF BARITE WERE SHIPPED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 7.62M
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT.

Comments on development

  • WORKED SPORADICALLY FROM ABOUT 1929 TO 1930.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E. D.; GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134 , P. 152 .

  • Deposit

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

  • 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.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    A.B.M. BULL. 134 , P. 152 .

General comments

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.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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