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Red Rock Mine

Past Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, 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. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  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. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056466
MRDS ID TC00293
Record type Site
Current site name Red Rock Mine
Related records 10112468

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.19627, 33.95201 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Picture Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tonto(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 007N 012E 19 NW4 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1992)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) None.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 174
USGS model code 26b
Deposit model name Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Dripping Springs Quartzite
    Rock description Dripping Springs Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.19627, 33.95201
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N70W
    Dip TO 90 S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1971
Year of last production 1973
Production years 1971-1973

Mining district

District name Tonto Basin Mining District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pro-Met Of Arizona, Inc.
    First year 1982

Comments on the workings information

  • MINING FROM 2 LEVELS (1971-1973). SHRINKAGE STOPING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM: ARIZONA FLUORSPAR, ARIZONA DMR, MARCH 1976.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.

  • 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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERTICAL HYDROTHERMAL VEIN STRUCTURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-92 Wells, Tina M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-93 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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