Jumbo Mine

Past Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027626
MRDS ID M003587
Record type Site
Current site name Jumbo Mine
Alternate or previous names Union Hill, Lilly Bell
Related records 10162049

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.72658, 33.89367 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 6 MILES S OF WICKENBURG., Location Based On Usbm Mils

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wickenburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 006N 005W 01,12 N2 OF SE OF NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • CONFLICTING LOCATION OF S1/2 SEC. 07, T6N R4W, GIVEN IN: ELEVATORSKI: ARIZONA FLUORSPAR. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ESTIMATED TO BE 55% TO 60% CALCIUM FLUORIDE IN HIGH GRADE PART OF VEIN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.72658, 33.89367

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70W
    Dip 55S
    Thickness 3.35M
    Length 182.88M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Vulture District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS; INCLINED SHAFT OF 40 FEET DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S.B.M. CARD FILE.

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1971, ARIZONA FLUORSPAR, ADMR.

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA (BIG SPAR).

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-72 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-92 Orris, Greta J. 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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