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Red Cloud Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Zinc, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
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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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048172
MRDS ID M800225
Record type Site
Current site name Red Cloud Mine
Related records 10258877

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.23216, 34.52226 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 6.8 MILES SOUTH-SOUTH WEST OF LAWLER PEAK, No Utm Markings On Map

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bagdad(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bagdad(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Maria(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 014N 009W 29,30 NE OF NE OF SW (29); SE (30) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • RED CLOUD CLAIM LOCATED AT END OF DIRT ROAD IN SEC 29

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization, Pyritization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1770
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1770
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1770
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1770
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.23216, 34.52226
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N 20 E To N 30 E
Type of structure Local
Structure description Massive Sulfide Lenses Parallel Foliation And Bedding

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N 20 E TO N 40 E
    Dip NW
    Plunge STEEPLY
    Plunge direction SW
    Depth to bottom 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphy, Igneous Activity

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS MASSIVE SULFIDE LENS IN PROTEROZOIC METAVOLCANIC ROCKS. DEPOSIT LOCALIZED AT OR NEAR CONTACT OF RHYOLITE AND ANDESITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1947
Year of last production 1951

Mining district

District name Old Dick District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner C. A. Walters, Goodwin Mining Co.
    First year 1951
  • Type Owner
    Owner Lawler Estate
    First year 1967

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS (100 FT DEEP) ON RED CLOUD AND RUDKINS CLAIMS

Comments on development

  • 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ARE THE RED CLOUD, RUDKINS, AND QUEEN BEE. RATHER EXTENSIVE DRILLING PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED ON PROPERTY, BUT ONLY TO 150 FT DEPTHS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AZ DEPT MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAME STRATIGRAPHIC HORIZON IS COPPER QUEEN MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSIT TO NORTH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-81 Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

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