The Red Racer is a molybdenum mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,249 feet.
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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
Elevation: 5,249 Feet (1,600 Meters)
Commodity: Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 31.3925, -110.73500
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Red Racer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Racer
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Patagonia District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Not available
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: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Deposits In Area Occur In Stocklike Body Of Diorite Porphyry Which Forms Four Metals Hill And Intrudes Older Granodiorite
Type: L
Description: Sheeted, Shattered, And Crushed Granodiorite
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strong Potassic Alteration
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 58.000000+-5.000000
Age Young: Tertiary
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Ferrimolybdite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Talc
Comments
Comment (Commodity): FORMER OWNERS (ADDRESS UNKNOWN) REPORTED MOLYBDENUM AS THE PRINCIP AL METAL
Comment (Location): IN PROVIDENCIA CANYON ABOUT 1/2 MI SW OF FOUR METALS MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Production): SEVERAL CARS OF PRODUCTION
Comment (Workings): DRIFTS AND TUNNELS
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 582, P. 317-320
Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000)
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 658-E
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES, RED RACER
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA, FOUR METALS MINE
Reference (Deposit): ADMR, 1962, MOLY PROSPECTS IN AZ
Reference (Production): ADMR FILE DATA
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