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Diamond Head Group

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048217
MRDS ID M800302
Record type Site
Current site name Diamond Head Group
Related records 10137647

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.20986, 31.90151 (WGS84)
Elevation 1600
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Placed On Adit Symbol In Fresnal Canyon In Section 34

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Samaniego Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brawley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 017S 011E 34 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • IN FRESNAL CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Uranium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RADIOACTIVITY: BACKGROUND 0.02 MR/HR, MAX 6.0 MR/HR

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hematitic And Kaolinization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.20986, 31.90151
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES AND ALONG FAULT
    Strike N57E
    Dip 80E
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 304.8M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pima District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Richard Siebeck, Oliver Palmer, Roy Gill
    First year 1956

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 16.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE DRIFT, LOCATION PITS

Comments on development

  • 26 CLAIM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USAEC RME-159, 1970

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-82 Peterson, Jocelyn A. 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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