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Josh Billings Claims

Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109038
MRDS ID M003137
Record type Site
Current site name Josh Billings Claims
Related records 10136688

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.7843, 33.42036 (WGS84)
Elevation 1295
Relative position LOCATED ON THE CREST OF BUFFALO HILL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

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Globe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001N 015E 24 NW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Schultze Granite
    Rock description Schultze Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Troy Quartzite
    Rock description Troy Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.7843, 33.42036
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description At The Southwest End Of Buffalo Hill, Displacement Of The Base Of The Troy Quartzite Indicates That The Throw On The Vein Fault Is About 50 Feet.

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N40E
    Dip 75SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Miami-Inspiration District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FOR THIS MINE PROBABLY INCLUDED IN THE PRODUCTION DATA FOR THE OLD DOMINION MINE (UNITED GLOBE)

Comments on the workings information

  • THE VEIN WAS EXPLORED DURING THE EARLY DAYS OF THE DISTRICT BY THREE ADITS.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNLIKE THE BUFFALO VEIN, THE JOSH BILLINGS VEIN IS POORLY MINERALIZED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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