| Deposit ID | 10233866 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M241207 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0040070535 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Oxbow Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Oxbow Property, Golden Wreath |
| Related records | 10046305 |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.35381, 34.16896 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1341 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Gila(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Payson South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Payson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Holbrook(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Gila |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 010 N | 010 E | 32 | C | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Secondary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Molybdenum | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Chrysocolla | Unknown |
| Dioptase | Unknown |
| Fluorite | Unknown |
| Gold | Unknown |
| Malachite | Unknown |
| Wulfenite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -111.35381, 34.16896 |
|---|
| Thickness | 161M | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 610M | ||||||||||||||||
| Width | 1.8M | ||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1876 |
| Year of first production | 1916 |
| District name | Green Valley District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Pete Saccuci |
| Year | 1973 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Clay Thorne |
| Home office | Arizona |
| Year | 1980 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040070535 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M241207 | MAS references MRDS |
USGS PAYSON SOUTH QUAD
ADMR OX BOW MINE FILE
LAUSEN C AND E D WILSON GOLD AND COPPER DEPOSITS NEAR PAYSON
AZBM BULL 120 1915 P 7, 31 AND 37
AZ MINING JOURNAL MAY 1920 P 56-58
ELEVATORSKI,E A,AZ INDUSTRIAL MINERALS,ADMR PUB,1978,P30
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PROPERTY IS ALSO UNDER USGS MRDS ID NO. M030443. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 19-SEP-91 | ADMR | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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