Seventy-Nine Property

Past Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Antimony, Copper, Gold, Iron, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver, Vanadium, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10161288
MRDS ID D000093
MAS/MILS ID 0040070606
Record type Site
Current site name Seventy-Nine Property
Alternate or previous names Mchur Prospect, 79 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.81459, 33.06509 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hayden(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(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 Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 004 S 015 E 14 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Copper Secondary
Gold Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Lead Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Silver Secondary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Unknown
Azurite Unknown
Brochantite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Chalcanthite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Covellite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Manganite Unknown
Melanterite Unknown
Molybdenite Unknown
Psilomelane Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Wulfenite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -110.81459, 33.06509

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N75E
    Dip 40S
    Thickness 15M
    Length 335M
    Width 12M
    Depth to top 137M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Strike And Dip N75E:40S
    Date of Last Modification 911002

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1879
Year of first production 1920

Mining district

District name Banner District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Acm Corp
    Home office California
    Year 1967

Production statistics

  • Year 1962
    Period 1920-1962
    Description 1920-1962 210977 St Ore

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS HAYDEN QUAD

  • Deposit

    TENNEY J B SECOND REPORT ON THE MINERAL INDUSTRIES OF AZ

  • Deposit

    AZBM BULL 129 1930 P 75

  • Deposit

    LAPIDARY JOURNAL SEPT 1980 P 1278

  • Deposit

    ADMR 79 MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    USAEC PRELIM RECONNAISSANCE 172-480 GILA COUNTY 1953 P 163

  • Deposit

    ROSS C P ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SADDLE MTN AND BANNER MINING

  • Deposit

    DISTRICTS USGS BULL 771 1925 P 66 AND 68

  • Deposit

    AZBM BULL 158 AZ ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS 1951 P 72-81

  • Deposit

    HICKS C J MOLYBDENUM OCCURRENCES IN AZ 1979 P 16 ADMR PUB.

  • Deposit

    KIERSCH G A SEVENTY-NINE MINE THESIS U OF AZ 1947

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-OCT-91 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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