Pueblo-Lucky Strike Prospect

Past Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Iron, Asbestos
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027325
MRDS ID M002875
Record type Site
Current site name Pueblo-Lucky Strike Prospect
Related records 10258199

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.89903, 33.85618 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position ABOUT 4 AIR MI. EAST OF AZTEC LODGE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aztec Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Seneca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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 Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 006N 014E 15,22 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Asbestos Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysotile Ore
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result CHARACTER SAMPLES CONTAIN 51.0 TO 58.7 % FE
Result 0.05 TO 0.3 MN
Result 5.7 TO 14.6 % SIO2
Result 0.01 TO 0.03 P
Result 0.01 TO 0.10 S
Result 0.09 TO 0.30 TIO2
Result 0.3 % AL2O3
Result AND A SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS SHOWING 0.01 % CU
Result 0.04 % ZN
Result AND 0.01 % PB. PUEBLO AND LUCKY STRIKE MINES ALSO CONTAIN ASBESTOS THAT IS 1/4 - 1 1/2 INCHES LONG, IS SOFT, AND HAS HIGH TENSILE STRENGTH

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Mescal Limestone
    Rock description Mescal Lst

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.89903, 33.85618

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike 40 N
    Dip 10 E
    Thickness 5.49M
    Length 457.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • At The Pueblo Mine, Three Beds Containing Massive To Disseminated Magnetite, To As Much As 18 - Feet Thick Locally, Are Seperated By About 10 Feet Of Altered And Serpentinized Limestone And Asbestos

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sierra Ancha District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Tonto National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PAST PRODUCTION.

Comments on the workings information

  • PUEBLO GROUP CONSISTS OF 15 CLAIMS DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL ADITS AND SHALLOW CUTS. THE LUCKY STRIKE GROUP CONSISTS OF 6 CLAIMS DEVELOPED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARPER, C.M., 1964, RECONNAISANCE OF IRON RESOURCES IN ARIZONA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8236, P. 52.

  • Deposit

    STEWART, L.A., 1955, CHRYSOTILE-ASBESTOS DEPOSITS IN ARIZONA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7706, P. 7.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1928, ASBESTOS DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: ABM BULLETIN 126, P. 81.

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

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