The Daniels Mine is a molybdenum mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,279 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: 5,279 Feet (1,609 Meters)
Commodity: Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 31.72556, -110.87028
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Daniels Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Daniels Mine
Secondary: Sun Lode Molybdenum
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Old Baldy 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.
Administrative Organization: Coronado National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
Comment (Geology): FLOWS OF THE MT WRIGHTSON FORMATION HAVE BEEN CONTACT METAMORPHOSE D BY INTRUSION OF MADERA CANYON GRANODIORITE
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030415 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. SEE ALSO ELEPHANT HEAD GRO UP, RECORD M030413 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): ABM FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): DREWES, 1971, USGS MAP I-614.
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES, DANIELS MINE.
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