| Deposit ID | 10027304 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M002782 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Maricopa Mine |
| Related records | 10113784 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.96212, 33.88007 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 732 |
| Relative position | 3 MI N OF CAVE CREEK, ADJACENT AND S OF OLD PHOENIX MINE; ABOUT 2. 2 MI S OF SUGARLOAF MOUNTAIN |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Maricopa(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
New River Mesa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Theodore Roosevelt Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Salt(hydrologic unit)
Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)
Salt(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Maricopa |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 006N | 004E | 08,09 | E2 (08) | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Vanadium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Vanadinite | Ore |
| Result | 0.5% MO |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| Rock unit name | Yavapai Schist |
| Rock description | Yavapai Schist |
| (1) | -111.96212, 33.88007 |
|---|
| General form | PINCH AND SWELL RAPIDLY |
|---|---|
| Strike | NW |
| Dip | STEEP |
| Width | 2.44M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1882 |
| Year of last production | 1970 |
| District name | Cave Creek District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Lewis, A. S. |
| Home office | Cave Creek, Az. |
| First year | 1939 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Barney Lumbert And Hamilton Chandler |
| First year | 1972 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 182.88M |
| Overall depth | 30.48M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M002782 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040130429 |
WILSON ET AL, 1941, ABM BULL 137, P. 164
ABM FILE DATA
LEWIS, 1920, E & MJ, V 110, P. 713-716
MINING JOURNAL, VARIOUS ISSUES, 1939
ADMR FILE DATA
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
WILSON ET AL, 1934
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M002782 WITH RE CORD M800117 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS. RECORD # D000081 BY RICHARD P. FISCHER HAS ALSO BEEN INCORPORATED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1983 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1973 | Fischer, Richard P. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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