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Snowball

Past Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10234861
MRDS ID M003724
MAS/MILS ID 0040130033
Record type Site
Current site name Snowball
Related records 10027659

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.31796, 33.74286 (WGS84)
Elevation 619
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weldon Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Centennial Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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 Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005 N 010 W 29 SE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Amphibole Unknown
Bornite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Feldspar Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Siderite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.31796, 33.74286
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 762M
    Width 1M
    Area 8HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 PROPYLITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 8
    Date of Last Modification 911004

Comments on the geologic information

  • THICKNESS OF MINERALIZATION IS AT LEAST 50 FT (15 M). LENGTH IS 2500 FT (762 M), AND WIDTH IS 3-4 FT (APPROX. 1 M). STRIKE IS N60-75W; DIP IS 38-78 NE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1943
Year of first production 1957

Mining district

District name Ellsworth District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Southern Mines And Milling 5117 N Scottsdale Rd. Phoenix
    Interest 100
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 4540

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 9/75 GOOD POTENTIAL TO AUGMENT OTHER FLUORITE RESERVES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-OCT-91 Arizona Department Of Mineral Resources U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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