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Mineral Hill

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Beryllium, Copper, Gold, Iron, Silver
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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. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10234532
MRDS ID M003958
MAS/MILS ID 0040120007
Record type Site
Current site name Mineral Hill
Alternate or previous names Continental
Related records 10027722

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.01329, 34.23224 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Osborne Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Parker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bill Williams(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010 N 017 W 03 SESESE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • THIS PROPERTY WAS FORMERLY UNDER SEQUENCE NUMBER 0040270289. THE SEQ. NO. WAS CHANGED BECAUSE YUMA COUNTY WAS SPLIT, AND THE PROPERTY NOW FALLS IN LA PAZ COUNTY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Secondary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Iron Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chrysocolla Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.01329, 34.23224
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 23M
    Length 671M
    Width 91M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 STRATIFORM
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 910917

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1900

Mining district

District name Planet

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Arizona Ranch And Metals Co.
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Powdered Metals Corp
    Year 1970

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1961
    Total resources 3356000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 48.3 wt-pct Iron Major 1961
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1961
    Total resources 1000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 38.1 wt-pct Iron Major 1961

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    HARRER, C.M. RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON RESOURCES IN ARIZONA.

  • Reserve-Resource

    BUMINES IC 8236, 1964, 204 PP.

  • Deposit

    ARIZ BUR GEOL MIN TECH BULL 192 1978 P 173

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MINERAL ZONE WIDTH IS A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE BASED ON AN EXPLORATION MAP IN HARRER (1964).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-SEP-91 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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