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Mc Morris Mines

Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold
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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. 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. Ownership information
  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 10109788
MRDS ID M241232
Record type Site
Current site name Mc Morris Mines
Alternate or previous names Richmond Basin, Richmond, Jumbo, Blue Quail, Gila Monster, Helena and Nugget, Inca, La Plata Shaft
Related records 10137116

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.75763, 33.52341 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 2 MILES NNE OF NUGGET MOUNTAIN, IMMEDIATELY SE OF RICHMOND BASIN, Large Group Of Shafts And Adits, Central Point Used

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rockinstraw Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Seneca(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 15E 10 CENTER Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • THIS FORM DESCRIBES MOST OF THE DISTRICT, OTHER THAN THE RAVEN AND DEL SHAY GROUPS WHICH ARE LESS THAN A MILE NE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Mescal Limestone;Pioneer Formation
    Rock description Mescal Limestone;Pioneer Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.75763, 33.52341
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thick Diabase Sill Containing Inclusions Of Limestone. A Body Of Quartz Diorite Or Diabase 1/2 Mile In Diameter Outcrops Immediately S Of The Jumbo And Mc Morris Shafts.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures Cut The Diabase And Limestone, Ew And Nw Strikes, Main Zone Of Mineralization Is Ew. 1919 Article Calls Mineralized Zone A Contact Vein, With Diabase Hanging Wall And Quartz Diorite Footwall

Ore body information

  • Strike EW
    Dip VERT
    Length 2286M
    Width 2.13M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Fissures, Some Intersecting. Granite-Gila Conglomerate Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • ONLY DETAILED MAP IS O.M. BISHOP, 1935, WHO DESCRIBES QUARTZ DIORITE INTRUSIVES, NOT DIABASE MINERALIZATION RELATED TO LCRET-PALEO INTRUSIONS AND ASSOCIATED FAULTING.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1875

Mining district

District name Richmond Basin District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Victor Kilpatrick, 1965 (Mc Morris) And Blue Quail Mining Co., 1962

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 198.12M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 OLD VERTICAL SHAFTS, ONE DEEPENED TO 150 FT BY BLUE QUAIL IN 1963. OTHERS 650 AND 200 FT DEEP. VARIOUS DRIFTS AND TUNNELS THROUGHOUT AREA. LA PLATA SHAFT 450 FT DEEP, E OF THE MC MORRIS. JUMBO TUNNEL 300 FT LONG IN 1922)

Comments on development

  • MC MORRIS MINING COMPANY, 1875 TO 1893 OWNED THE AREA. GILA MONSTER MINING COMPANY OWNED THE AREA FROM 1913 TO 1923 PART OF AREA OWNED BY INCA MINING CORPORATION IN 1969

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ADMR MC MORRIS FILE AND BLUE QUAIL FILE

  • Deposit

    BISHOP, O. M., 1935. GEOLGOY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RICHMOND BASIN AREA, GILA COUNTY. UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA M.S. THESIS.

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA MINING JOURNAL, V 3 #6, P 15, NOVEMBER, 1919.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ABOVE DESCRIBES MAIN MC MORRIS VEIN. JUMBO VEIN STRIKES NW, DIPS N57E JUMBO VEIN IS APPROXIMATELY 100 M E OF THE MCMORRIS VEIN, AND IS 4 FT WIDE WITH 18 INCHES OF HIGH GRADE ORE

Reporter information

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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