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Packard

Past Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10112775
MRDS ID M241498
MAS/MILS ID 0040070004
Record type Site
Current site name Packard
Alternate or previous names Bluebird Fluorspar
Related records 10046361

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.22851, 33.87337 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenback Creek(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 006 N 011 E 09 NWSESE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -111.22851, 33.87337
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 98M
    Width 1M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 910919

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1938

Mining district

District name Tonto Basin

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Magma Copper Co.
    Year 1988

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 168
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    2nd Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    3rd Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    Capacity 54
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM PROD TABS OWN/OP:RANCHERS EXPL & DEV

  • Deposit

    EMJ JUNE 75 PG 101 (FAIR) EMJ MINE DIRECTORY (GOOD)

  • Deposit

    EMPL 75 ORE MINED 4500000 ST WASTE 470000 ST 1975 SOLVENT

  • Deposit

    AND ELECTROWIN PLANT 933 TPD

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NOV 75 FEASIBILITY 8000 TONS QUESTIONABLE, EXPLORATION WARRANTED. RECORDS 040,120,&160 WERE ENTERED BY EFOC IN 1973. OTHER REC ARE 1976 ENTRIES BY ARIZ. DMR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-SEP-1991 Arizona Department Of Mineral Resources U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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