The Day Peaks Area Veins is a molybdenum mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,049 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
Elevation: 4,049 Feet (1,234 Meters)
Commodity: Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 33.42389, -110.89722
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Day Peaks Area Veins MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Day Peaks Area Veins
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Tungsten
Location
State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Miami-Inspiration District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Not available
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: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: E Trending Nearly Vertical Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Wulfenite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): STOLTZITE WITH 9% M002
Comment (Deposit): MOSTLY COVERED BY DIABASE TALUS
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030554 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Workings): ADIT ABOUT 100 FT LONG
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED
References
Reference (Deposit): PETERSON, 1962, USGS PP 342
Reference (Deposit): DALE, 1961, USBM IC 8078
Reference (Deposit): FAICK & HILDEBRAND, 1958, AM. MIN. V. 43, P. 156-159
Reference (Deposit): ABM FILE DATA
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