| Deposit ID | 10046215 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M241069 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Fluorine Hill Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Little Jessie Mine Group, Cartmill |
| Related records | 10233737 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.79898, 31.90763 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1372 |
| Relative position | APPROX 2 MI ENE OF PEARCE. 1 MI NE OF PEARCE HILL, SW SIDE OF A HILL. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Cochise(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Pearce(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Willcox Playa(hydrologic unit)
San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Cochise |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 017S | 025E | 33,34 | SE4 (33) OF SW4 (34) | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Secondary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Siderite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| (1) | -109.79898, 31.90763 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Flows Strike Nne, Variable Dip |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Pearce District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Capt And Cartnell Bros, Fluorine Mng And Hllng Co, Environmental Engineering And Chemical Co. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M241069 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040030140 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040030034 |
KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 70.
SMITH, 1927, GEOLOGY OF THE COMMONWEALTH MINE AREA, UNIV OF ARIZ PHD THESIS
ALSTINE, R.E., 1969, FLUORSPAR, IN ABM BULLETIN 180; USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 352.
PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
CIMRI
KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SPOTTY SILVER AND GOLD CHLORIDES IN NARROW IRREGULAR, AND DISCONTINUOUS QUARTZ-CARBONATE-FLUORSPAR-IRON OXIDE VEINS ALONG FISSURES IN SILICIFIED RHYOLITE PORPHYRY. MINERALIZATION IS IN A NW-SE TRENDING SHEAR ZONE. SOME VEIN MATERIAL IS REPORTED TO CONTAIN UP TO 0.11% URANIUM. |
| Deposit | THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD M000835 OF W.GERE WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | DUPLICATE RECORD TC10274 HAS BEEN DELETED. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1980 | Zigler, Jan L. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1982 | Gest, Don E. | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1991 | Carbonaro, Marguerite M. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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