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Corporate and Climax Claims

Past Producer in Greenlee county in Arizona, United States with commodities Manganese, Gold
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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. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048294
MRDS ID M800426
Record type Site
Current site name Corporate and Climax Claims
Alternate or previous names Corporate Group, Climax Claim
Related records 10113057, 10282953

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.38926, 33.05288 (WGS84)
Elevation 1414
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 5 MILES WEST OF CLIFTON, ON DIVIDE BETWEEN GOLD GULCH AND SILVER BASIN., Used Usbm Information Circular 7990, Page 103

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greenlee(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copperplate Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Francisco(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Greenlee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 004S 029E 29 SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • CORPORATE AND CLIMAX CLAIMS ARE CONTIGUOUS AND ARE ACCESSIBLE BY TRAVELLING 2.3 MILES WEST OF MORENCI ON THE EAGLE CREEK ROAD, THEN 0.5 MILE SOUTH ON A DIRT ROAD. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Labradorite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization Of Diorite-Porphyry Wall Rock

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Morenci Granite Porphyry
    Rock description Morenci Granite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Cretaceous
    Chronological age 55.2
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Pinkard Formation
    Rock description Pinkard Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Cretaceous
    Chronological age 55.2

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.38926, 33.05288
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Diorite Porphyry Cut By Many Irregular And Ne-Trending Fissure Veins; Veins Are Narrow, Small, And Do Not Attain Great Depths
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne-Trending Fissure Vein In Southernmost Extension Of Main Morenci Porphyry Mass

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N30 E
    Dip 90
    Length 304.8M
    Width 3.05M
  • General form IRREGULAR
    Dip 90
  • General form IRREGULAR
    Dip 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Manganese Minerals Confined To Irregular Bands Within A Prominent Vertical Quartz Vein That Cuts Diorite Porphyry; Gold Occurs In Pockets Along Irregular Veins In The Porphyry Near The Contact Between Pinkard Formation Shales And Diorite Porphyry

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIORITE PORPHYRY IN THE REGION CONTAINS MANY INCLUDED MASSES OF LIMESTONE AND OTHER SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. PLACER GOLD WAS DERIVED FROM OXIDIZED GOLD-BEARING VEINS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INTRUSIVE PORPHYRY AND COMMONLY LOCATED NEAR OR ALONG THE PORPHYRY-SEDIMENT CONTACT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1932
Discoverer Corporate Group: Hernandez Family (1932); Climax Claim: Victoriano Dominguez And Diego Hernandez (1951) ?

Mining district

District name Copper Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Diego Hernandez, Victoriano Dominguez
    First year 1961
  • Type Owner
    Owner State Lands; Corporate Group: Diego Hernandez
    First year 1961

Production statistics

  • Year 1951
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^22.6% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 23wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.011HA
    Length 12.19M
    Overall depth 21.34M
    Overall length 24.38M
    Overall width 4.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDED A 20 FT CUT IN THE VEIN ON THE CLIMAX CLAIM ; SHAFTLIKE PIT ON THE CORPORATE NO. 3 CLAIM (DIMENSIONS: 20 FT LONG, 8 FT WIDE, 15 FT DEEP); 70 FT ADIT ON THE CORPORATE CLAIMS; CORPORATE CLAIMS WERE LOCATED FOR GOLD, AND THE MANY OLD CUTS ARE UNRELATED TO M ANGANESE PRODUCTION.

Comments on development

  • 2 PROPERTIES ARE CONSIDERED A UNIT AS THEY ARE ADJACENT AND ARE L OCATED ON THE SAME VEIN; OPERATORS INCLUDED DOMINGO ESPINOZA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM INF CIRC 7990, P. 103.

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES; CORPORATE GROUP, CLIMAX CLAIM.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 43, P. 229-230, 296.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1355, P. 15-16.

  • Deposit

    ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 137, P. 185.

  • Deposit

    BENNETT, K.C., 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORE NCI METCALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE COUNTY, ARIZONA=M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, 153 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    USBM 1.C. 7990, PAGE 103

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1932;1951
Deposit CORPORATE GROUP CONSISTS OF 5 CONTIGUOUS CLAIM. CLIMAX CLAIM LIES ADJACENT TO THE 2 EASTERN MOST CORPORATE CLAIMS. MANGANESE MINERALS ARE EXPOSED IN THE VEIN FOR ABOUT 400 TO 500 FT ALONG THE SURFACE.
Deposit RECORD M200426 HAS BEEN DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-82 Calder, Susan R. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

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