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Daniels Mine

Occurrence in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodity Molybdenum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037108
MRDS ID M030415
Record type Site
Current site name Daniels Mine
Alternate or previous names Sun Lode Molybdenum
Related records 10186540

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.87096, 31.72569 (WGS84)
Elevation 1609
Relative position 1/2 MI E OF SANTA RITA LODGE IN MADERA CANYON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Wrightson(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 020S 014E 01 NW OF NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Mt. Wrightson Formation, Lower Member;Madera Canyon Granodiorite
    Rock description Mt. Wrightson Formation, Lower Member;Madera Canyon Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.87096, 31.72569
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • FLOWS OF THE MT WRIGHTSON FORMATION HAVE BEEN CONTACT METAMORPHOSE D BY INTRUSION OF MADERA CANYON GRANODIORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Old Baldy District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coronado National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    DREWES, 1971, USGS MAP I-614.

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES, DANIELS MINE.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030415 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. SEE ALSO ELEPHANT HEAD GRO UP, RECORD M030413 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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