Tribal Claims

Occurrence in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027016
MRDS ID M001722
Record type Site
Current site name Tribal Claims
Related records 10113020

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.09011, 33.21203 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position 5 MILES N-NE OF BYLAS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graham(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bylas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-San Carlos Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Graham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 002S 022E 33 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Analytical data

Result ASSAY GRAB SAMPLE: 0.01 OZ AU/TON, 0.4 OZ. AG/TON, 2.27 % CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.09011, 33.21203

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 75 W
    Dip 75 NE
    Length 60.96M
    Width 1.22M
  • General form IRREGULAR
    Dip 75 NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN HAS SHARP CONTACT WITH CLAY GOUGE OF FAULT, BUT IS IRREGULAR IN CONTACT WITH LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1920
Discoverer James Stevens, W. Stevens, R. Bylas, J. Rope

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW OPEN CUTS AND PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) 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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