| Deposit ID | 10026864 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M000645 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Saddle Mountain Group |
| Related records | 10161678 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.68625, 33.03453 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 792 |
| Relative position | 4 MI SE OF CHRISTMAS, ON RIDGE BETWEEN ASH AND DEER CREEKS |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pinal(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Christmas(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
BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Pinal |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 004S;005S | 016E;016E | 35;02 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Argentite | Ore |
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Covellite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Pyrargyrite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Gypsum | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Specularite | Gangue |
| Result | 5% DISSEMINATED PYRITE |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Williamson Canyon Volcanics-Andesite | ||||
| Rock description | Williamson Canyon Volcanics-Andesite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| (1) | -110.68625, 33.03453 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Volcanics Folded Into Deer Creek Syncline With Tension Fractures P Aralleling Axis |
| Strike | N50E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 60-90 |
| Width | 1.22M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1900 |
| District name | Saddle Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 1051.56M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M000645 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 004021 1060 |
BARTLETT, 1972, MS THESIS, UNIV OF UTAH
ROSS, 1925, USGS BULL 771
WILLDEN, 1964, USGS BULL 1161-E
ABM FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VEIN IS ON SIDE OF QUARTZ MICA DIORITE DIKE, WHICH IS ALSO MINERA LIZED IN PLACES. SECOND VEIN (BIG ROCK VEIN) EXPOSED EAST OF MAIN VEIN |
| Deposit | THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M000645 WITH RE CORD M030477 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1983 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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