Tamarack Group

Past Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten, Molybdenum
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027315
MRDS ID M002844
Record type Site
Current site name Tamarack Group
Alternate or previous names Possibly Same As White Cloud Mine
Related records 10259188

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.56852, 33.942 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 13 MI N OF MORRISTOWN ON UPPER SANTA DOMINGO WASH., Utm Represents Common Corner Of 4 Sections

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Picacho(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 007N 003W 15,16,21,22 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1964

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Powellite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.75% WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.56852, 33.942

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N55W
    Dip 6ONE
    Length 213.36M
    Width 5.49M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE OCCURS IN EPIDOTE-GARNET ZONE AND CONFORMS TO BEDDING AND CLEAVAGE IN THE SCHIST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name White Picacho District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner D. G. Mcmillan
    First year 1959

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF GOLD MAY HAVE BEEN PRODUCED, NO W PRODUCED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 INACCESSIBLE INCLINED SHAFTS, NUMEROUS SHALLOW PROSPECT SHAFTS AND OPEN CUTS

Comments on development

  • 10 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE, 1959, USBM RI 5516, P. 33-34.

  • Deposit

    BELL, 1947, USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 384.

  • Deposit

    ABM FILE DATA.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M002844 WITH RECORD M800121 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T. G. THEODORE, USGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-83 Peterson, Jocelyn A. 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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