Rieder and Bailey Prospects

The Rieder and Bailey Prospects is a gold and copper mine located in Pinal county, Arizona.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Rieder and Bailey Prospects  

State:  Arizona

County:  Pinal

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold, Copper

Lat, Long: 33.01361, -110.71917

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Rieder and Bailey Prospects MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Rieder and Bailey Prospects


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper


Location

State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Saddle Mountain District


Land Status

Land ownership: State
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Mr. Rieder


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritization


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Specularite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Limonite


Comments

Comment (Development): SEVERAL UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1965)

Comment (Deposit): POORLY DEFINED SHEAR ZONES.

Comment (Workings): 2 TUNNELS SIDE BY SIDE, ONE CAVED.


References

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, CLYDE P., 1925, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SADDLE MOUNTAIN AND BANNER MINING DISTRICTS, ARIZONA, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL 771.

Reference (Deposit): U.S.B.M. CARD FILE.


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