Red Cloud Prospect

The Red Cloud Prospect is a gold mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,201 feet.

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

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Site Name

Primary: Red Cloud Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: Vulture District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Red Cloud Mining Co.
Years: 1938 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Sonoran Desert

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Vein Oxidized At 200 Ft

Rocks

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Geology): DIKES IN THE AREA MAY BE RHYOLITE (AZ GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY DIGEST VOL. XII), DIORITE CADMR "DUFFY CLAIMS"), OR ANDESITE CUSBM IC 6991)

Comment (Development): SEVERAL UNPATENTED CLAIMS PROPERTY PROBABLY PART OF A GROUP OF CLAIMS WORKED BY A.B. "DUFFY" BOIARSKY AS PLACER DEPOSITS IN 1965

Comment (Deposit): WORK DISCONTINUED DUE TO LACK OF CAPITAL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Location): IN RED CLOUD WASH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Workings): 2 COMPARTMENT SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 85, 200, AND 300 FEET

References

Reference (Deposit): METZGER, O.H., 1938, GOLD MINING AND MILLING IN THE WICKENBURG AREA, MARICOPA AND YAVAPI COUNTIES, ARIZ., USBM INF. CIRC. 6991

Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA (DUFFY CLAIMS)

Reference (Deposit): AZ GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY DIGEST, VOL. XII, MAY 1980,

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