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Franco Riqueza Claims

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109625
MRDS ID M051099
Record type Site
Current site name Franco Riqueza Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.50264, 32.45122 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Bell West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver Bell Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 011S 008E 23 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT MIDWAY BETWEEN LARAMIE AND CHEYENNE IN FOOTHILLS OF LARAMIE MOUNTAINS. AT LEAST PART OF DISTRICT IS WITHIN CURT GOWDY STATE PARK. LOCATION GIVEN IS COPPER KING MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PB, ZN, W, AND TI ARE ALSO REPORTED FROM DISTRICT. PRESENCE OF PD UNVERIFIED

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.50264, 32.45122
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Fractures In Granodiorite Porphyry

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Bell District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE; HAUSEL INDICATES PRODUCTION WAS MININAL
  • TWO CARLOADS OF ORE, YEARS UNKNOWN

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SEVERAL MILLION TONS OF LOW-GRADE ORE WERE OUTLINED BY DRILLING AT COPPE KING MINE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS, WINZES, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS
  • PROSPECTS, SHORT ADITS,

Comments on development

  • DISTRICT ORGANIZED IN 1879. DRILLING DONE IN 1987 AND 1950'S OUTLINED SMALL HIGH-GRADE DEPOSITS AND LARGE LOW-GRADE DEPOSIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WATSON, 1964 , UNIV. OF ARIZONA THESIS.

  • Deposit

    BANKS, N. G., 1976 , FIELD EXAM.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISTRICT CONTAINS TWO TYPES OF DEPOSITS, QUARTZ VEINS (PROBABLY POLYMETALLIC VEINS) AND PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS
Deposit GROUP OF 2 MAJOR ADITS, SEVERAL MINOR ADITS + PROSPECTS. ORE OCCURS ON FRACTURES IN TKGDP; GALENA, SPHALERITE, CHALCOPYRITE, PYRITE SULFIDES IN DUMP. MUCH PYRITE-LIMONITE ON SURFACE WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY PROPYLITIC ALTERATION. FROM WATSON, U OF A THESIS 1964 PHD; DEEPEST ADIT IS 300', 2 CARLOADS OF ORE SHIPPED ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1976 Banks, Norman G. U.S. Geological Survey

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