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Black Diamond Claims

Occurrence in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Asbestos, Uranium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048207
MRDS ID M800285
Record type Site
Current site name Black Diamond Claims
Related records 10185448

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.04376, 33.73229 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 10 MI N OF GLOBE., Located Near Center Of Section 32

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Windy Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Theodore Roosevelt Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salt(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005N 013E 32 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • PHILLIPS GIVES LOCATION AS SEC. 32, T5N, R13E. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary
Uranium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RADIOACTIVITY: BACKGROUND 0.04 MR/HR, MAX 2.0 MR/HR

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Asbestos Ore
Torbernite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Mescal Limestone
    Rock description Mescal Lst

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.04376, 33.73229
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sierra Ancha District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Tonto National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Roger Kyle, Fuller And Otterson

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • ASBESTOS WORKINGS NOT ELABORATED; URANIUM WORKINGS, ONE DRIFT AS OF 1955

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USAEC RME-156, 1970.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRIKE IS OF STRONG FRACTURE WHICH DRIFT FOLLOWS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-82 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-92 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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