| Deposit ID | 10037107 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M030413 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Elephant Head Group |
| Alternate or previous names | Quantrell, Eureka Mines, Tremaine-Daniels Group |
| Related records | 10137392 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.92457, 31.71013 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1615 |
| Relative position | 1.25 MI SE OF ELEPHANT HEAD (PETE MOUNTAIN). |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Santa Cruz(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mount Hopkins(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)
Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Coronado National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
Mt. Wrightson Wilderness(Wilderness)
Wilderness FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Santa Cruz |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 020S | 014E | 04,05,08 | SW (04); SE (05); NE (08) | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Iron | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||||||||
| Rock unit name | Gardner Canyon And Box Canyon Dike Swarms And Pluton | ||||||||||||
| Rock description | Gardner Canyon And Box Canyon Dike Swarms And Pluton | ||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Quantrell Stock Of Elephant Head Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock description | Quantrell Stock Of Elephant Head Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| (1) | -110.92457, 31.71013 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne-Trending Quartz Veins And Dikes In Madera-Agua Caliente Canyons, Dikes Range In Composition From Rhyolite To Diorite |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Ne-Trending Chino Fault In Shear Zone At Head Of Chino Canyon; Fault Strikes N75e, Dips 835 And Offsets Rhyolite Dike |
| General form | TABULAR, IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Dip | 80 N |
| Width | 0.46M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1910 |
| Discoverer | Tremaine And Daniels |
| District name | Tyndall District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Coronado National Forest |
| Year | 1914 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1900-1914 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^8% Pb, 3 Oz/Tag, Minor Cu, Zn, Au | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 457.2M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M030413 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040230179 |
KEITH, 1975, ABM BULL 191.
SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582.
DREWES, 1971, USGS MAP I-614.
ABGMT FILE DATA, STANTON B. KEITH.
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
USBM FILES, ELEPHANT HEAD GROUP.
ADMR FILE DATA, ELEPHANT HEAD GROUP.
TENNEY, 1927-29, HISTORY OF MINING IN AZ, ABM, P. 319.
KEITH, 1975
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ON EUREKA CLAIM AT N END OF GROUP, AN 18 IN. QUARTZ VEIN IN GRANITE DIPS 80N, QUANTRELL CLAIM AT S END OF GROUP IS LOCATED ON A 25 FT BELT OF ALTERED SERICITIZED GRANITE ASSOCIATED WITH A 20 FT PORPHYRY DI KE. |
| Deposit | THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030413 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, 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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