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Cram's Gold Standard Prospect

Past Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Mercury, Silver, Gold, Copper
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  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 10027295
MRDS ID M002743
Record type Site
Current site name Cram's Gold Standard Prospect
Alternate or previous names Six Shooter, Includes Copper Bottom Claims, Shamrock Claims, Sunset Claims
Related records 10234987

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.02406, 33.55785 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 9 MILES NORTH OF PHOENIX., Utm's At Center Border Of Sections 34 And 35.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sunnyslope(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 003N 003E 35 N2 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) Holocene surficial deposits
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Dip 70 TOWARDS FISSURE
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Phoenix Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Barrett, T.
    First year 1939
  • Type Owner
    Owner Cram Brothers
    First year 1939

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL SHIPMENT IN 1939, IN 1936 VEIN GRADE WAS $14/TON

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • COPPER BOTTOM CLAIMS-2TUNNELS, NO 1, 365 FT LONG, RUNS SLOW, NO.2, 285 FT LONG, RUNS S30E, SHAMROCK CLAIM-466 FT TUNNEL, SUNSET CLAIM- 100 FT TUNNEL.

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED CRAM'S GOLD STANDARD MINING CO. MINES INCLUDE 8 CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S.B.M. CARD FILE.

  • Deposit

    ADMR GOLD STANDARD FILE.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE.

  • Deposit

    USBM FILE DATA-CLUSTER NO 524-CRAM QUICKSILVER.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL NO 122, 1927, PAGES 48, 49.

  • Deposit

    ADMR CRAM QUICKSILVER FILE.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL SMALL VEINS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-72 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-95 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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