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Ramero Ranch

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109626
MRDS ID M051129
Record type Site
Current site name Ramero Ranch

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.50598, 32.32761 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Koht Kohl Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver Bell Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Aguirre Valley(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 012S 008E 02 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Quartz-Sericite-Pyrite, Chalcopyrite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.50598, 32.32761
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Quartz

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 30.48M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BANKS, N. G., 1976 , FIELD EXAM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAIN WORKINGS OF ROMERO RANCH MINE - 2 PROSPECTS FLANKING 2 SHAFTS - ONE = 100' DEEP. ABUNDANT COPPER STAINS AND MALACHITE. VERY HEAVY QUARTZ VEINING, ALSO SOME CALCITE VEINING - CHALCOPYRITE, PYRITE, BORNITE ARE THE MAJOR SULFIDES, NATIVE GOLD. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1976 Banks, Norman G. 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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