Red Hills Prospect

Occurrence in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Vanadium, Copper
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027637
MRDS ID M003649
Record type Site
Current site name Red Hills Prospect
Alternate or previous names Burro Wash Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.6605, 34.31226 (WGS84)
Elevation 561
Relative position 6 MILES NW OF ALAMO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rawhide Wash(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alamo Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bill Williams(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(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 Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 011N 013W 07,12 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Malachite Ore
Wulfenite Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAY AVERAGE: ORE 0.13 %

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Rock unit name Artillery Formation
    Rock description Artillery Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.6605, 34.31226

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone Trends N 55 W, 70 Sw

Ore body information

  • Width 92.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Is Cemented With Barite, Fluorite, Secondary Copper

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Artillery Peak District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRANGER, H.C., AND RAUP, R.B., 1962, RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF URANIUM DEPOSITS IN ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1147 - A, P. 22.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.

  • Deposit

    VAN ALSTINE, R.E., AND MOORE, R.T., 1969, FLUORSPAR, IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 352.

  • Deposit

    MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM: ARIZONA FLUORSPAR, ARIZONA DMR, MARCH 1976.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RADIOACTIVE BRECCIA MINERALIZED WITH BARITE-FLUORITE STRINGERS AND SECONDARY COPPER MINERALS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1991 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. 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.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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