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Red Rock

Plant in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10112468
MRDS ID TC00293
MAS/MILS ID 0040070005
Record type Site
Current site name Red Rock
Related records 10056466

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.16761, 33.93787 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Picture Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Theodore Roosevelt Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tonto(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 007 N 012 E 19 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -111.16761, 33.93787
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70W
    Dip 90
    Thickness 0.9M
    Area 20HA
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N70W:90
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20
    Date of Last Modification 910924

Comments on the geologic information

  • DISTRICT ALSO UNDERLAIN BY PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE, WITH YOUNGER PRECAMBRIAN APACHE GROUP OVERLAYING IT, CREATCEOUS GRANITE INTRUDES OLDER ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1971
Plant subcategory Flotation

Mining district

District name Tonto Basin

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Pro-Met Of Arizona, Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1982

Production statistics

  • Year 1973
    Period 1971-1973
    Material Ore
    Ore mined 907mt
    Description Combined Fluorspar Production 1971-73 907 Total Mt Ore Produced

Comments on the production information

  • SURFACE GEOLOGIC MAPPING HAS BEEN DONE FOR GILA COUNTY (ARIZ BUMINES 1959). ONE STOPE WAS MINED 1971-73, BUT RECORDS WERE LOST IN AN OFFICE FIRE. OTHER METHOD INCLUDES SOME SAMPLING BY THE CURRENT OWNER, NO ASSAYS WERE MADE AVAIL- ABLE FOR THIS EVALUATION.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MAT1 COL1- TONNAGE ESTIMATED BY RUDD, A CONSULTANT HIRED BY TONTO MINING AND MILLING IN 1976 (HAMILTON, 1982). GRADE OF 50% BASED ON AVERAGE GRADE OF ORE WHEN THE MINE WAS OPERATING.
  • NO R-DATA SET IS LISTED BECAUSE THERE ARE NO PUBLISHED RESERVES FOR THIS DEPOSIT, Q-MAT1 COL1 IS THE RESERVE FIGURE USED FOR THIS EVALUATION- 72600MT AT 50% CAF2.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1240M
    Overall depth 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method SHRINKAGE METHODS
    Percent Recovery 100
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Length of Inclines (m) 0
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 330
    Number of Adits 3
    Capacity 127
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 48.65
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1982

Comments on the workings information

  • A 1KM SECTION OF ROAD WILL NEED TO BE BUILT TO CONNECT THE ADITS WITH THE MAIN ROAD. THE EXISTING ROAD BETWEEN THE MINE AND MILL (15KM) AND MILL TO TONTO BASIN (4KM) WILL NEED TO BE IMPROVED- PROBABLY WIDENED AND GRAVELLED.

Comments on other economic factors

  • ACQUISITION COST OF $1,000,000 WAS PAID BY PRO-MET IN NOV 1980 FOR THE RED ROCK, QUARTZ LEDGE, BLUEBIRD, AND THE MILL. THE ACTUAL COST OF CONSTRUCTING THE MILL IN 1971 WAS $600,000.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA BUMINES, 1959, GEOLOGIC MAP OF GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPT. OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERALS AVAILABILITY

  • Deposit

    SYSTEM ARIZONA FLUORSPAR: GRANT NO. G0254012 FOR U.S.

  • Deposit

    BUMINES, MARCH 25, 1976, P.2

  • Deposit

    BRAKE, E. LEVI, U.S. BUMINES HELTH AND SAFETY REPORT ON

  • Deposit

    BLUEBIRD MINE AND MILL: AUG 16, 1971, P.1

  • Deposit

    -----, USBM HEALTH AND SAFETY REPORT ON RED ROCK MINE: AUG.

  • Deposit

    16, 26, 1971.

  • Deposit

    BURGIN, LORRAINE B., 1978-79, ARIZONA: U.S. BUMINES MINERALS

  • Deposit

    YEARBOOK, VOL II, P. 70

  • Deposit

    CAMM, T.W., MAR 1982, QUARTZ LEDGE DEPOSIT, USBM MAS PROP-

  • Deposit

    ERTY EVALUATION FILE REPORT.

  • Deposit

    CUMMINGS, J.B., EXPLORATION OF THE PACKARD FLUORSPAR PROPER-

  • Deposit

    TY, GILA CO., ARIZ.: U.S. BUMINES RI 3880, MAY 1946, 7P.

  • Deposit

    E/MJ, FLUORSPAR: MARCH ISSUE ANNUAL REVIEW, 1971-1981

  • Deposit

    -----, INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING, ARIZONA: TONTO

  • Deposit

    MINING AND MILLING CO., INC., 1971-1981

  • Deposit

    -----, MARKETS: FLUORSPAR PRICES, AUGUST 1981, P.23

  • Deposit

    GUCCIONE, EUGENE, FLUORSPAR TRENDS: E/MJ, DEC 1972, P.70

  • Deposit

    HAMILTON, JACK, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, JAN 14, FEB 10, 1982

  • Deposit

    HANDY RAILROAD ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1973, RAND MCNAL-

  • Deposit

    LY AND CO., CHICAGO, ILL.

  • Deposit

    KELLER, JACK, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, JAN 8, 22, 1982.

  • Deposit

    KOSTICK, DENNIS S., AND RONALD J. DEFILIPPO, 1978-79, FLUOR-

  • Deposit

    SPAR: U.S. BUMINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, VOL I, P.342

  • Deposit

    KRAL, VICTOR, BLUEBIRD MINE: REPORT ON ARIZONA FLUORITE FROM

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPT. OF MINERAL RESOURCES, NOV 28, 1975, 3P.

  • Deposit

    -----,QUARTZ LEDGE (WHITE COW): REPORT ON ARIZONA FLUORITE

  • Deposit

    FROM ARIZ DEPT OF MINERAL RES., DEC 20, 1975, 2P.

  • Deposit

    -----, RED ROCK: REPORT ON ARIZONA FLUORITE FROM ARIZ DEPT

  • Deposit

    OF MINERAL RES., DEC 20, 1975, 3P.

  • Deposit

    MIERTZ, RICHARD E., TONTO BASIN FLUORSPAR DISTRICT: REPORT

  • Deposit

    TO TRANSWORLD MINING SYNDICATE, MARCH 13, 1958, 6P.

  • Deposit

    MORSE, DAVID E., 1980, MINERAL FACTS AND PROBLEMS, FLUORITE

  • Deposit

    CHAPTER: U.S. BUMINES BULLETIN 671, P.303-321

  • Deposit

    STRAAM ENGINEERS, INC., 1979, CAPITAL AND OPERATING COST

  • Deposit

    ESTIMATING SYSTEM HANDBOOK: U.S. BUMINES CONTRACT NO.

  • Deposit

    J0255026

  • Deposit

    STECKLEY, R.C., AND J.F. LEMONS, A METHOD FOR UPDATING COST

  • Deposit

    ESTIMATES FOR THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM, BUMINES

  • Deposit

    INTERNAL REPORT, SOG, MAY 1976, 40P.

  • Deposit

    STEWART, L.A., U.S. BUMINES REVIEW OF EXAMINATION, QUARTZ

  • Deposit

    LEDGE (PORCUPINE): JULY 24, 1957, 3P.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUMINES, FLUORINE: MINERAL COMMODITY PROFILE MCP-20,

  • Deposit

    AUG 1978, 27 P.

  • Deposit

    -----, MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM COMPUTER FILE, BLUEBIRD,

  • Deposit

    RED ROCK, AND QUARTZ LEDGE PROPERTIES

  • Deposit

    U.S. FOREST SERVICE, TONTO NATIONAL FOREST CLIMATE RECORDS,

  • Deposit

    1981.

  • Deposit

    VAN ALSTINE, R.E., AND R.T. MOORE, 1969, MINERAL AND WATER

  • Deposit

    RESOURCES OF ARIZONA, FLUORSPAR CHAPTER: ARIZONA BUMINES

  • Deposit

    BULLETIN 180, P.348-357

  • Deposit

    WOOD, H.B., MEMORANDUM ON FLUORSPAR ACTIVITY AND RESERVE

  • Deposit

    FILES, RED ROCK AND WHITE COW MINES: U.S. BUMINES FILES,

  • Deposit

    JAN 24, 1974

  • Deposit

    -----, MEMORANDUM ON FLUORSPAR INDUSTRY DISCUSSING TONTO

  • Deposit

    MINING AND MILLING CO.: U.S. BUMINES FILES, JAN 17, 1974

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT WAS EVALUATED FOR FLUORSPAR ONLY. ACCORDING TO THE OWNER, SOME GOLD AND SILVER VALUES HAVE BEEN FOUND, BUT NO ASSAYS OR RESERVE FIGURES WERE MADE AVAILABLE. ORE FROM THE QUARTZ LEDGE DEPOSIT, THE RED ROCK MINE, AND THE BLUEBIRD MINE WAS MILLED IN 1971-73 AT THE COMPANY FLOTATION MILL LOCATED 3.2 KM EAST OF TONTO BASIN. THERE IS ONE VEIN- STRIKE N70W, DIP VERTICAL, LATERAL EXTENT UNKNOWN, WIDTH 0.3- 1.5M.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-SEP-1991 Camm, Thomas W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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