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Gila Hot Springs Group

Producer in Greenlee county in Arizona, United States with commodities Manganese, Barium-Barite
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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 10026874
MRDS ID M000693
Record type Site
Current site name Gila Hot Springs Group
Alternate or previous names Pyrolusite No. 1 Lode Mining Claim, Hult Pyrolusite Property
Related records 10112860

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.34093, 32.97288 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Relative position 5 1/2 MILES NW OF GUTHRIE, 10 MILES BY ROAD SW OF CLIFTON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greenlee(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Guthrie(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Safford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-Mangas(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 Greenlee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005S 029E 26 NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 1.0 MILE EAST OF GILLARD HOT SPRINGS; PYROLUSITE NO. 1 CLAIM LOCATED ABOUT 1.0 MILE NORTH FO THE GILA RIVER. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor

Analytical data

Result 1939 ORE ANALYSIS GAVE 0.4% FE, 3.8% SI, 21.6% MN, AND 8.53% BACO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Gila Conglomerate
    Rock description Gila Conglomerate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.34093, 32.97288
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Substantial Fracturing Of Gila Conglomerate; Fractures Strike A Few Degrees Nw And Cut The Gently Dipping Sedimentary Beds At High Angles
Type of structure Local
Structure description 2 Most Extensive Deposits Are Located On The Northernmost And Southernmost Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, IRREGULAR PODS
    Length 60.96M
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Manganese Ore Occurs In Lenses And Short Irregular Pods Along Narrow Fractures In Gila Conglomerate

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN CONTAINING MANGANESE ORE ON THE PYROLUSITE NO. 1 CLAIM IS EXPOSED ON THE SURFACE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1938
Discoverer W.A. Hult

Mining district

District name Gila Hot Springs District

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner H. J. Peters And Associates
    First year 1954
    Last year 1961

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW TONS OF HAND-SORTED ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1955 , 40% MN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 9.14M
    Overall length 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT INCLUDED A SHALLOW OPEN CUT ABOUT 30 FT LONG AND A 25 FT DEEP ADIT DRIVEN VERTICALLY BELOW THE CUT, ON THE NORTHERNMOST FRACTURE; A SHALLOW OPEN CUT ABOUT 30 FT LONG ON THE SOUTHERNMOST FRACTURE; 20 FT OF DRIFTING AND A SHALLOW OPEN CUT APPROXIMATELY 4 FT BY 6 FT BY 10 FT ON THE PYROLUSITE NO. 1 CLAIM

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY COMPRISES 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS; AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF INITIAL DEVELOPMENT WORK, CLAIMS WERE ABANDONED AND WERE RELOCATED BY H.J. PETERS IN 1954

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., STEWART, L.A., AND DELONG, C.W., 1961 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF EASTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990 , P. 98 - 99.

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES; GILA HOT SPRINGS CLAIM, PYROLUSITE NO. .1

  • Deposit

    ARIZ DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA, PYROLUSITE NO. 1 - LODE MINING CLAIM.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MN ORE OCCURS SPORADICALLY ALONG FRACTURES IN PARALLEL STRINGERS AND PODLIKE MASSES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1982 Calder, Susan R. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

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