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Fourth of July Claims

Past Producer in Greenlee county in Arizona, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Manganese, Tungsten, Copper, Gold, Silver, Beryllium
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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 10048298
MRDS ID M800430
Record type Site
Current site name Fourth of July Claims
Alternate or previous names Ellis Shaft, Sydney Mine, Billingsley Fluorspar Mines
Related records 10282784

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.0762, 32.86039 (WGS84)
Elevation 1414
Relative position 7.5 MILES ESE OF YORK BETWEEN WILLOW CREEK AND DANIELS CAMP CANYON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greenlee(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goat Camp Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Safford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-Mangas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Greenlee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 007S;008S 032E;032E 33;04 NW OF NE OF NW (04); SW (33) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • GEODETIC AND UTM COORDINATES DESCRIBE FOURTH OF JULY MINE SHAFT IN SECTION 4; NORTHERNMOST OPEN CUT ON PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN SW QUARTER OF SECTION 33 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MANGANESE OXIDES ARE W-BEARING.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bertrandite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Olivine Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Ferromagnesian Minerals Alterred To Iron Oxide And Carbonate Of Dolomitic Composition; Devitrified And Hydrothermally Alterred Rhyolitic Tuff On Claim No. 2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Tertiary Volcanic Flows
    Rock description Tertiary Volcanic Flows
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.0762, 32.86039
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Well-Jointed Basalt In Northerly And Easterly Directions; Undulating Contact Between Upper Dark Red Basaltic Flow And Underlying Greenish Basaltic Flow
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fluorspar Occurs In Fissure Veins Interlaced With Network Of Iron-Stained Quartz Veinlets

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike NW (WEST VEIN); SE (EAST VEIN)
    Dip N70W; N55W
    Thickness 45.72M
    Length 762M
    Width 1.52M
    Depth to top 0M
  • General form LENSES
    Strike NW (WEST VEIN); SE (EAST VEIN)
    Dip N70W; N55W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fluorspar Minerals Form Lenticular Veins And Pockets Along Fault Breccia Zones And Fissures In Basalt

Comments on the geologic information

  • SECONDARY COATINGS AND THIN STRINGERS OF PSILOMELANE ARE ASSOCAITED WITH FLUORSPAR VEINS; FLUORSPAR MINERALIZATION OCCURRED AFTER REGIONAL FAULTING; CALCITE IS COMMONLY CONCENTRATED NEAR THE HANGING WALL EDGE OF THE VEIN AS A RESULT OF LEACHING FROM THE VEIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1937
Discoverer Robert T. Ellis
Year of first production 1917
Year of last production 1955

Mining district

District name Twin Peaks District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Producers Minerals Co.
    First year 1975
  • Type Owner
    Owner Billingsley, Ben
    First year 1975

Production statistics

  • Year 1941
    Period 1937-1941
    Material ORE F
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^65% Caf2, 28% S102
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    SIL Silica Silica 28wt-pct
    CaF2 Ore Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 65wt-pct
  • Year 1942
    Material ORE F
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^64% Caf2
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    CaF2 Ore Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 64wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL AMOUNTS OF CU, AU, AND AG WERE PRODUCED IN THE 1930'S OR EARLIER; HOWEVER, THERE ARE NO PRODUCTION RECORDS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 242.32M
    Overall length 112.78M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT OCCURRED ON 2 VEINS ABOUT 25-30 FT APART NEAR THE CENTER OF CLAIM NO. 2; WORKINGS ON THE EAST VEIN CONSIST OF 2 LONG TRENCHES 60-70 FT LONG AND 60 FT DEEP, 1 PIT ABOUT 20 FT DEEP, GLORY HOLE ABOUT 20 FT IN DIAMETER THAT CONNECTS WITH UNDERGROUND WORKINGS; WEST VEIN WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SMALL PIT, LARGE GLORY HOLE ABOUT 15 FT DEEP, AND THE 150 FT DEEP INCLINED ELLIS SHAFT WITH 45 FT LONG CROSSCUTS TO THE EAST VEIN ON 3 LEVELS (STOPES OF 60 FT, 100 FT, AND 148 FT CONNECT CROSSCUT WITH SURFACE); 500 FT OF DRIFTS

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED A. T. LAISNE, R.T. ELLIS MINING CO, PRODUCERS MINERALS CO, ARIZONA EASTERN FLUORSPAR CORPORATION; CLAIMS FIRST LOCATED IN EARLY 1900'S FOR PROSPECTING COPPER, SILVER, AND GOLD (SOME ORE PRODUCED IN 1917 AND 1918)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS STRATEGIC MINERALS INVESTIGATION PRELIMINARY REPORT 3-207.

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES, FOURTH OF JULY MINE.

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES, P. 23-24.

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL AVAILABILITY SYSTEM, ARIZONA FLUORSPAR; FOURTH OF JULY MINE; 1976.

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA FOURTH OF JULY MINE (SYDNEY, BILLINGSLEY FLUORSPAR MINES AND MILL, ARIZONA EASTERN FLUORSPAR CORPORATION).

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, ARIZONA EASTERN FLUORSPAR CO.

  • Deposit

    ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 180, P. 349-352.

  • Deposit

    HEWITT, D.F., AND FLEISCHER, M., 1960, DEPOSITS OF MANGANESE OXIDES: ECON. GEOL., V. 55, P. 1-55.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S.: USGS MAP MR-25.

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    U.S.G.S. STRATEGIC MINERALS INVESTIGATION PRELIMINARY REPORT 3-207.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE ALSO: LUCKIE NO. 1 AN 2 CLAIMS (FLUORSPAR) LOCATED ADJACENT TO FOURTH OF JULY CLAIMS. THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000770 OF JAMES E. ELLIOTT WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit 7 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Deposit ONLY SMALL SECTIONS OF TOTAL LENGTH OF VEIN SYSTEM ARE KNOWN TO CONTAIN FLUORSPAR (IE: ONE SECTION ALONG THE STRIKE IS 400 FT LONG); RIVERVIEW VEIN CARRIES CU, AU, AND AG (STRIKES DUE E-W AND DIP IS ALMOST VERTICAL).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1982 Calder, Susan R. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-NOV-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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