Premier Group

Past Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Molybdenum, Lead, Vanadium, Copper, Tungsten, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026844
MRDS ID M000499
Record type Site
Current site name Premier Group
Alternate or previous names Santa Montica Camp, Santa Monica Camp

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.77208, 33.08092 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position 2 MI NW OF CHRISTMAS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hayden(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

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 Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 004S 015E 13 SW4 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Copper Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Vanadinite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Goethite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Jasper Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Escabrosa Limestone;Toronado Limestone
    Rock description Escabrosa Limestone;Toronado Limestone

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nnw Trending Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike E
    Dip 90
    Length 804.65M
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Occurs On S Side Of Nnw Trending Fault; Cu As Veins & Replaceme Nt Bodies Adjacent Gold

Comments on the geologic information

  • NATIVE GOLD OCCURS IN THIN SEAMS WITH FE & MN OXIDES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Banner District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner S. O. Stewart
    First year 1925

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT $70,000 WORTH OF GOLD WAS REPORTED PRODUCED FROM ONE OF THE MAIN WORKINGS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 121.92M
    Overall depth 3.66M
    Overall length 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS & DRIFTS; SEVERAL PITS OPEN CUT ABOUT 25 FT LONG WITH A DRI FT FROM ONE END EXTENDING 20 FT TO THE EAST AND A WINZE 12 FT DEEP AT THE END OF THE DRIFT

Comments on development

  • 10 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BANKS & KRIEGER, 1977, USGS MAP GQ-1391

  • Deposit

    ANTHONY ET AL, 1977, MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA: UNIV OF AZ PRESS

  • Deposit

    ROSS, 1925, USGS BULL 771

  • Production

    BANKS & KRIEGER, 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M000499 WITH RE CORD M030435 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS. RECORD # D000092 BY RICHARD P. FISCHER HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS ONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1973 Fischer, Richard P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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