Booker T. Washington Claim

Occurrence in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039442
MRDS ID M050084
Record type Site
Current site name Booker T. Washington Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.34485, 32.97649 (WGS84)
Elevation 1539
Relative position 1.5 MI NNE OF ARAVAIPA, SOUTH OF HEAD CENTER 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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

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 NW4 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Amethyst Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Copper Creek Granodiorite
    Rock description Copper Creek Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Horquilla Limestone
    Rock description Horquilla Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.34485, 32.97649

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Block Faults Trending Nnw, Minor Pre-Cretaceous E & Ne Trending Fol Ds

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N50W
    Dip 80WS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture In Horquilla Limestone

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • 20 FT SHAFT, 1 PIT

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, P. 51

  • Production

    SIMONS, 1964

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050084 WITH RE CORD M030456 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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