Elder Gulch Prospects

Occurrence in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Molybdenum
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 10037116
MRDS ID M030474
Record type Site
Current site name Elder Gulch Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.94513, 33.14037 (WGS84)
Relative position 3.5 MI SE OF RAY PIT; 2 MI W OF BUCKEYE MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hot Tamale Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 003S 014E 29 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Goethite Ore
Hematite Ore
Hemimorphite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
    Rock unit name Tortilla Quartz Diorite
    Rock description Tortilla Quartz Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Horquilla Limestone
    Rock description Horquilla Limestone

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Are Mineralized Faults & Fissures

Ore body information

  • Strike W30W; N60-80E
    Dip STEEP
  • Dip STEEP

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins, Particularly N60-80e Ones, Crosscutting Quartz Diorite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dripping Springs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • PHELPS DODGE DRILLED N OF HERE-1973?

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CORNWALL ET AL, 1971, USGS MAP GQ-1021

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, 1923, USGS FOLIO 217

  • Deposit

    CORNWALL & KRIEGER, 1975, USGS MAP GQ-1188

  • Deposit

    ABM FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030474 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. 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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