| Deposit ID | 10027337 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M002890 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | El Oso Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | New Discovery, Harrison |
| Related records | 10209986 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.37765, 33.75368 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | ON CREST OF MAZATZAL MOUNTAINS 6 MI W OF N END OF ROOSEVELT LAKE. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Gila(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Boulder Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Theodore Roosevelt Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Tonto(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Gila |
| United States | Arizona | Maricopa |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 005N | 010E | 19 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Wolframite | Ore |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Tourmaline | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite | ||
| |||
| (1) | -111.37765, 33.75368 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Granite Cut By A Mile Wide Belt Of Granite Porphyry. Fissures Stri King N-S, N20-25e, N45e, N65w |
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N75W; S24W |
| Dip | N; W |
| Length | 9.14M |
| Width | 1.52M |
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N75W; S24W |
| Dip | N; W |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1941 |
| Discoverer | E.R., P.J., & H.G. Harrison And Bern Swensk |
| District name | Four Peaks District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Tonto National Forest |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Marvin Harrison |
| Home office | Of Fresno, Ca |
| First year | 1961 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 121.92M |
| Overall depth | 3.05M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M002890 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040070311 |
WILSON, 1941, ABM BULL 148, P. 31.
DALE, 1961, USBM IC 8078.
ADMR FILE DATA.
CIMRI
DALE, 1961, P. 12
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 2 SETS OF VEINS; N PART N75W DIP N, 5 PART S24W DIP W. SOME VEINS HAVE BEEN TRACED FOR 2000 FT ALTHOUGH NOT ALL. MINERALIZED VEINS AS A WHOLE AVERAGE 6 IN. WIDE, WIDE SPOTS OR SHOOTS BEING 30 FT LONG, 5 FT WIDE |
| Deposit | THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M002890 WITH RE CORD M030451 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOR ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1983 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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