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Zimmerman-Asbestos Point Claims

Occurrence in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Iron, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040345
MRDS ID M055066
Record type Site
Current site name Zimmerman-Asbestos Point Claims
Related records 10233777

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.94626, 33.75729 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position ABOUT 35 MILES NORTH OF GLOBE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aztec Peak(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 005N 014E 20,21,29 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE CHEMICAL ANALYSES PER CENT { FE MN TIO2 P S SIO2 AL2O3 CAO MGO { 1... 50.8 0.02 0.05 0.03 0.09 12.4 2.72 0.04 9.87 { 2... 68.4 .2 GREATER THAN .1 .06 .11 1.4 - -

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Mescal Limestone
    Rock description Mescal Lst

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.94626, 33.75729
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 30.48M
    Length 3218.6M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SPECTROSRAPHIC ANALYSES INDICATE TRACES OF LEAD, ZINC, AND COPPER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sierra Ancha District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Tonto National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARPER, C.M., 1964, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON RESOURCES IN ARIZONA: BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8236, P. 56

  • Reserve-Resource

    HARPER, 1964 , IC 8236 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1976 Weeks, Robert U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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