Radium Mine

Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold, Vanadium, Manganese
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109783
MRDS ID M241210
Record type Site
Current site name Radium Mine
Alternate or previous names Mercer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.80152, 33.47702 (WGS84)
Elevation 1128
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF RAMBOZ PEAK, Location Based On Position Of New Translation Claim

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Globe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(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 002N 015E 35 N2 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • COYOTE CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.80152, 33.47702

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne Trending Faults And Isolated Remnants Of Pioneer Formation Orientation Of Predominately Nw With 20-40 Sw Dip
Type of structure Local
Structure description Two Parallel Faults, Ene, One Near Bottom Of Canyon One Further Ne. E Of Mine, There Is A Non-Mineralized Fault With Nw Strike

Ore body information

  • Length 6437.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ene Trending Shear Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH ETERT, POST-DIABASE FAULTING AND INTRUSION PERIOD ALTHOUGH ONLY OUTCROP OF ETERT SCHULTZE GRANITE IS AT OLD DOMINION MINE, 4 MILES S.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1907
Year of last production 1933

Mining district

District name Globe Hills District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. H. Mercer, 1933

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL

Comments on development

  • CONSISTED OF 60 CLAIMS, ADJOINING OLD BLUE BIRD; LITTLE TOM AND NEW TRANSLATION CLAIMS ADDED IN 1922 RADIUM MINES CO., 1913-1916

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    BLM DISTRICT SHEET 165

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IN FAULTED DIABASE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-82 Roth, Frances A. (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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