| Deposit ID | 10046305 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M241207 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ox Bow Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Osborn Prospect, Golden Wreath, Others |
| Related records | 10233866 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.35377, 34.16895 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1341 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 0.8 MILES WEST OF THE TOP OF OXBOW HILL. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Gila(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Payson South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Payson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Holbrook(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Tonto(hydrologic unit)
Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)
Salt(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Tonto National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Gila |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 010N | 010E | 32 | SE OF NW | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Vanadium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Cuprodescloizite | Ore |
| Dioptase | Ore |
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Wulfenite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Hornblende | Gangue |
| Kaolin | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Result | OXIDIZED ORE: $5-80 AU/ST |
|---|---|
| Result | $35-45 AG/ST. |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite |
| Rock unit name | Payson Diorite |
| Rock description | Payson Diorite |
| (1) | -111.35377, 34.16895 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Tert Sediments Approximately 1 Mile S Of Mine |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Oxbow Shaped Fault Fissure |
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N-S |
| Dip | 45 TO 85 W |
| Thickness | 160.93M |
| Length | 609.6M |
| Width | 1.83M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1875 |
| Discoverer | Al Sieber, William Moore And St. John |
| Year of first production | 1916 |
| Year of last production | 1936 |
| District name | Green Valley District |
|---|
| Ownership category | |
|---|---|
| Area name | Tonto National Forest |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Thorne, Clay |
| First year | 1980 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Saccuci, Pete |
| First year | 1973 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 182.88M |
| Overall depth | 60.96M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M241207 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040070535 |
LAUSEN & WILSON, 1925, ARIZONA BUR MINES BULL 120, P. 37-41.
LAUSEN & WILSON, 1927, ARIZONA MINING JOURNAL, V. 10, NO. 19, P. 5-7, 12-14.
USGS BULL 1355, P. 9.
ADMR FILE DATA.
ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
CONWAY, C.M., 1976, PETROLOTY, STRUCTURE, AND EVOLUTION OF A PRECAMBRIAN VOLCANIC AND PLUTONIC COMPLEX, TONTO BASIN, GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA: PHD THESIS, CALIF INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.
ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1978, "ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS": ARIZONA DMR MINERAL REPORT NO. 2.
VAN ALSTINE, R.E., 1969, "FLUORSPAR", IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 351.
PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL FILES.
GALBRAITH, 1941, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 149, P. 65.
SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.
CIMRI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1875-76 |
| Deposit | FISSURE VEIN RUNS N-S FOR MUCH OF ITS LENGTH BUT TURNS TOWARD THE EAST AT ITS NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN ENDS; VEIN SHOWS 5 ORE SHOOTS, AND NUMEROUS CROSS VEINLETS; THERE ARE ALSO PLACER DEPOSITS ON THE PROPERTY. VEIN WIDTHS VARY FROM 18 INCHES TO 6 FT. ORANGE-YELLOW SCALES ON A FRACTURE PLANE ASSOCIATED WITH CUPRODESCLOIZITE. |
| Deposit | THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORDS TC10279 AND TC00279 OF M.M. CARBONARO, M030443 OF J.A. PETERSON , AND D000076 OF R.P. FISCHER WHICH HAVE BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1982 | Roth, Frances A. (Gest, Don E.) | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-1993 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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