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Ram Claims

Prospect in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014829
MRDS ID D011803
Record type Site
Current site name Ram Claims
Related records 10135672

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.48815, 32.20706 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bowie Mountain North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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 Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
014S 028E 21 E2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAMPLE ACROSS 1 M. ASSAYED 0.79% WO3

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.48815, 32.20706
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike N62W
    Dip 60-70NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1956

Mining district

District name Teviston District

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPLORED BY BULLDOZER CUTS AND SHALLOW PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE, V. B., STEWART, L. A., AND MCKINNEY, W. A., 1960, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS RI-5650, P. 25.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1973, ABM BULL. 187, 98 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ LENSES ALONG FOLIATION (N62W,60-70NE) IN PRECAMBRIAN SCHIST CUT BY FELSITE DIKES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1984 Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron) 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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