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C & B Vanadium Mine

Past Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Vanadium, Molybdenum, Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Gold, Bismuth
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026843
MRDS ID M000497
Record type Site
Current site name C & B Vanadium Mine
Alternate or previous names C & B Group Mine, Vanadium Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.83319, 33.13287 (WGS84)
Relative position 10 MI NW OF CHRISTMAS, 1/2 MI S OF DRIPPING SPRINGS WASH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

El Capitan Mountain(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 003S 015E 32 NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LAND STATUS INFO FROM 1979.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Descloizite Ore
Galena Ore
Mimetite Ore
Vanadinite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Some Silicification, Vein Matter Well Oxidized

Analytical data

Result 3 CHANNEL SAMPLES AVERAGED 0.33 OZ/T AG, 1.92% V, 6.2% PB. ONE SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.17% V AND TRACES OF AG & PB.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    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 Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.83319, 33.13287
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N 10-35 W Striking, E Dipping Fracture Zones

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N60E (VEIN), N35W (CONTACT)
    Dip SE, NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Of Limestone And Diabase

Comments on the geologic information

  • PARAGENETIC SEQUENCE IS VANADINITE, MIMETITE, DESCLOIZITE, CALCITE. VANADINITE & WULFENITE ARE PRESENT IN SOFT MATERIAL AND AS COATINGS ON BRECCIATED DIABASE FOR WIDTHS OF A FEW FEET. CAVITIES LEFT BY OXIDIZED GALENA CRYSTALS ALSO CONTAIN VANADINITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dripping Springs District

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. E. Cutler And C. Bywater
    First year 1952

Comments on the production information

  • A LITTLE ORE HAS BEEN MINED AND SOME IS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN SHIPPED DURING WWI.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 27.43M
    Overall depth 6.1M
    Overall length 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPTH REFERS TO 20 FT ADIT EXISTING IN 1925. DURING SUBSEQUENT WORK A NUMBER OF ADITS AND ONE SEVERAL HUNDRED FT SHAFT WERE DUG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TREBISKY & KEITH, 1975, MINERALOGICAL RECORD.

  • Deposit

    ROSS, 1925, USGS BULL 771.

  • Deposit

    CORNWALL & KRIEGER, 1978, USGS MAP GQ-1442.

  • Deposit

    USGS MAP MR-22, P. 3.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORDS M000497 AND M800246 WITH RECORD M030438 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey GENERAL RECORD CLEANUP
Updater 01-MAY-1995 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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