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Climax Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum, Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109052
MRDS ID M003416
Record type Site
Current site name Climax Mine
Related records 10161653

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.54074, 33.98895 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
Relative position 10 MILES W OF CASTLE HOT SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Picacho(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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 Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 008N 003W 35 SE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Secondary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Malachite Ore
Powellite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Sericitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.54074, 33.98895
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Schist Strikes E With N Dip, Cross Fractures Also Are Mineralized.

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 85 E
    Dip 55 NW
    Length 67.06M
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Schistosity, Epidote-Garnet Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name White Picacho District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner James Kaler
    First year 1953

Production statistics

  • Year 1942
    Material CONC
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^50 % Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major WO3 Conc. Tungsten Tungsten 50wt-pct
  • Year 1942
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^1.1 % Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major WO3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 33.53M
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 1.52M

Comments on the workings information

  • CHIEF WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO OPEN CUTS 50 FT LONG, A FEW SHALLOW ROSPECT PITS AND AN ADIT OF 110 FT WHICH DID NOT CUT THE MINERALIZED ZONE WORKED ON THE SURFACE

Comments on development

  • TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS ORIGINALLY LOCATED BY M. PACHAN AND D.J. MCMILLAN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE, V.B., 1961 , TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8078 , P. 38

  • Deposit

    WILSON, ABM BULLETIN 148, P. 24.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1982 Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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