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Sheep Tanks Mine

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Manganese, Barium-Barite, Beryllium
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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. 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027204
MRDS ID M002463
Record type Site
Current site name Sheep Tanks Mine
Alternate or previous names Resolution Group
Related records 10207634

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.75605, 33.37368 (WGS84)
Elevation 701
Relative position SOUTHERN MARGIN OF THE LITTLE HORN MOUNTAINS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yuma(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hoodoo Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Little Horn Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Gila(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001S 015W 01 NE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Gold Ore
Limonite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Silver Ore
Galena Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.75605, 33.37368
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description See Comments

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR MASSES
    Strike NW
    Dip NE
    Thickness 12.19M
    Length 243.84M
    Width 213.36M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • A Fault Zone That Dips Northward At Low Angles Contains The Main Ore Body Of The Sheep Tanks Mine, But Most Of The Faults And Fracture Zones That Preceded That Mineralization Strike Towards The Northwest And Dip Steeply Northeast

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sheep Tanks District

Land status

Ownership category Federal
Area name Kofa Game Range

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1933, 3 CARLOADS OF ORE WERE SHIPPED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 441.96M
    Overall depth 74.07M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS ON THE SHEEP TANKS PROPERTY INCLUDE A TUNNEL SOME 1450 FEET LONG, THAT PENETRATES THE RIDGE SOUTH OF CAMP; SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF BRANCH TUNNELS AND RAISES FROM THIS LEVEL; A FEW HUNDRED FEET OF WORKINGS ON LEVELS 170, 183, 200, 237, AND 243 FEET ABOVE THE LONG TUNNEL; SOME 225 FEET OF TUNNELS ON THE BLACK EAGLE CLAIM; AND MANY SHORT TUNNELS AND SHALLOW PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ELSING, M.J., HEINEMAN, R.E.S., 1936, ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 140, P. 104.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1972, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1355, P. 82.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 132.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., CUNNINGHAM, J.B., BUTLER, G.M., 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 137, P. 143.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1978, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL REPORT 2, P. 70.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    A.B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 133; A.B.M. BULLETIN 137, P. 144; A.B.M. BULLETIN 140, P. 104.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD TC10348 WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit SHEEP TANKS MINES IS MADE UP OF FIVE MAJOR VEINS, THE RESOLUTION VEIN (WHICH IS THE MAIN ORE BODY), LOWER TUNNEL VEIN, SMYRNA VEIN, BLACK EAGLE VEIN, AND LEAD VEIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1990 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

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