The Marcotte Group is a barium-barite, copper, silver, and gold mine located in Graham county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,501 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: 4,501 Feet (1,372 Meters)
Commodity: Barium-Barite, Copper, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 32.74278, -110.15889
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Marcotte Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Marcotte Group
Secondary: Kinney Kye
Secondary: Marcotte Claims
Commodity
Primary: Barium-Barite
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Arizona
County: Graham
District: Clark District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1904
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: Two Nw Trending Post-Mineral Faults That Offset Vein
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.08 OZ AU PER TON
Analytical Data: 0.80 OZ AG
Analytical Data: 1.3% CACO3
Analytical Data: 6.4% CAF2
Analytical Data: 71.1% BASO4
Materials
Ore: Fluorspar
Ore: Barite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): GREEN FLUORSPAR.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION IN 1904 FROM A SHAFT >300 FT DEEP.
Comment (Development): ORIGINALLY LOCATED ABOUT 1900, J.D. MATTHEWS RELOCATED THE GROUP IN 1934. THEN AJMA COTTE RELOCATED IT IN 1956. THE GROUP CONSISTS OF 12 CONTIGUOUS UNPATENTED CLAIMS. (MARCOTTE NOS 1 THROUGH 12)
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL BARITE-BEARING VEINS OCCUR IN PARALLEL FAULT FRACTURES TRAVERSING A VOLCANIC AGGLOMERATE FORMATION. STRIKE OF THE VEINS IS APPROX N45-65W, AND ARE EITHER VERTICAL OR STEEPLY DIPPING TO THE NE.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, ONCE KNOWN AS THE KINNEY KYE MINE SOME 50 YEARS AGO (1960), IS 420 FT DEEP, WITH TWO DRIFTS AT UNKNOWN DEPTHS. THERE IS BARITE 4 TO 6 FT WIDE ALL THE WAY DOWN THE SHAFT. THERE ARE TWO PITS 200 FT NW FROM THE SHAFT, BOTH ABOUT 10 FT DEEP.
Comment (Deposit): 12 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
References
Reference (Deposit): ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1971, ARIZONA FLUORSPAR, ARIZONA DMR, USBM RI 5651, P. 19-24.
Reference (Deposit): VAN ALSTINE, R.E., AND MOORE, R.T., 1969, FLUORSPAR, IN ABM BULL. 180, USGS BULL. 871, P. 352.
Reference (Deposit): PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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