Ionia Claim

Occurrence in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Zinc, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039440
MRDS ID M050082
Record type Site
Current site name Ionia Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.329, 32.97482 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position 2 MI NE OF ARAVAIPA ON CREST AND WEST SIDE OF RIDGE S OF IRON CAP MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graham(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cobre Grande Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(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 Graham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005S 020E 30 NE4 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOME OF THE ORE IS HIGH GRADE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Copper Creek Granodiorite
    Rock description Copper Creek Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Bolsa Quartzite;Martin Formation;Escabrosa Limestone, Limestone And Dolomite
    Rock description Bolsa Quartzite;Martin Formation;Escabrosa Limestone, Limestone And Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.329, 32.97482

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Block Faulting Trending Nnw, Minor Pre-Cretaceous Folds Trending E And Ne
Type of structure Local
Structure description Iron Cap Thrust Fault Nearby

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Of Bolsa Quartzite And Martin Formation Or Escabrosa Limest One

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Aravaipa District

Comments on the production information

  • NO INFORMATION ON PRODUCTION, IF ANY

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED ADIT, SHALLOW PIT

Comments on development

  • SEVERAL SMALL PROSPECTS ARE GROUPED TOGETHER ON ONE CLAIM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, 1964, USGS PP 461, 173 P.

  • Deposit

    ROSS, 1925, USGS BULL 763, 120 P.

  • Deposit

    DENTON, 1947, USBM RI 4007

  • Deposit

    WILSON, 1950, ABM BULL 156

  • Production

    SIMONS, 1964

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050082 WITH RE CORD M030458 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-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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