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North Molly Vein Area

Occurrence in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064847
MRDS ID TC39728
Record type Site
Current site name North Molly Vein Area
Related records 10234418

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.70073, 32.05011 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position Acc +/- 0.75 Mile., Acc +/- 0.75 Mile., Acc +/- 0.75 Mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Ajo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Cristobal Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument(National Monument)

National Monument NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 16S 004E 8 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • TOWN OF ST. ELIE USED FOR LAT/LONG.
  • PROBABLY IN ORGAN PIPE CACTUS WILDERNESS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.70073, 32.05011
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument

Comments on the production information

  • AU(2) ST ELIE AREA, RECOVERED BY PANNING, SLUICING, MONITORING, DREDGING WITH LOWER LIMITS OF EXPLORATION OF 0.4-0.5 G/CU M IN GRAVELS, 2.5 G/T IN TAILINGS, AND 5 G/T IN QUARTZ VEINS. AU (3) TOTAL PRODUCTION; MOSTLY FROM ELUVIAL AND ALLUVIAL GRAVELS.

Comments on the workings information

  • TO DEPTH OF 21.5 M AND STOPPED WITH GRADES OF 20-30 G/T AU.

Comments on development

  • 100 SQUARE KM PROSPECTING AREA BOUGHT BY 1.1 MILLION DOLLARS. ASARCO (SEPT 94) TO DO FEASIBILITY STUDY TO EARN 50% JV.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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 CONCESSION AREA COVERS 100 KM SQUARE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-93 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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