| Deposit ID | 10027637 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M003649 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Red Hills Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Burro Wash Area |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.6605, 34.31226 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 561 |
| Relative position | 6 MILES NW OF ALAMO. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Mohave |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 011N | 013W | 07,12 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Barium-Barite Critical | Primary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Uranium | Primary |
| Vanadium Critical | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Wulfenite | Ore |
| Result | ASSAY AVERAGE: ORE 0.13 % |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) |
| Rock unit name | Artillery Formation |
| Rock description | Artillery Formation |
| (1) | -113.6605, 34.31226 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Shear Zone Trends N 55 W, 70 Sw |
| Width | 92.96M |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Artillery Peak District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M003649 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040150354 |
GRANGER, H.C., AND RAUP, R.B., 1962, RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF URANIUM DEPOSITS IN ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1147 - A, P. 22.
PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.
VAN ALSTINE, R.E., AND MOORE, R.T., 1969, FLUORSPAR, IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 352.
MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM: ARIZONA FLUORSPAR, ARIZONA DMR, MARCH 1976.
PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
CIMRI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | RADIOACTIVE BRECCIA MINERALIZED WITH BARITE-FLUORITE STRINGERS AND SECONDARY COPPER MINERALS. |
| 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 |
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