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Granite Reef Mine

Past Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Silver
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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. 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 10027316
MRDS ID M002845
Record type Site
Current site name Granite Reef Mine
Alternate or previous names Arizona Barite Co., Macco, Christman
Related records 10234969

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.64516, 33.54175 (WGS84)
Relative position AT COON BLUFF 3.25 MILES UP THE SALT RIVER FROM GRAND REEF DAM & 22 MILES NE OF MESA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Granite Reef Dam(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)

Federal lands

Tonto National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 002N 007E 04 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.64516, 33.54175
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting

Ore body information

  • Length 914.4M
    Width 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Goldfields District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Tonto National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Arizona Barite Co.
    First year 1947

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED 100 TONS/DAY IN 1947.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 42.67M

Comments on development

  • 8 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S.B.M. CARD FILE

  • Deposit

    MINING WORLD, JAN. 1947

  • 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.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 8 VEINS, MAIN VEIN WIDENS WITH DEPTH. SOME SILVER HAS BEEN REPORTED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 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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