Red Rock Claims

The Red Rock Claims is a manganese mine located in Greenlee county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,799 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

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Site Name

Primary: Red Rock Claims

Commodity

Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: Arizona
County: Greenlee
District: Copper Mountain District

Land Status

Land ownership: State
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

Owner Name: State Lands

Owner Name: Matt And Ed Danenhaver, Ernest W. Foote (State Prospecting Permit,

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1953
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

Form: IRREGULAR

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Ore Deposits In Region Occur In Fracture Zones Cutting Precambrian Granite And Quaternary Gila Conglomerate

Type: L
Description: Fracture Zone Consists Of A Series Of More Or Less Parallel Fractures, Crosscutting Seams, And Brecciated Areas

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Pyrolusite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: DANENHAVER-DANENHAVER-ANDERSON-RAPIER EXPLORATION PROJECT (192): EXPLORATION FOR COPPER IN THE N2 OF SECTION 32; DRILLING TO DEPTHS OF 1500 FT LOCATED LEACHED MINERAL DEPOSITS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Deposit): PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Comment (Workings): EXPLORATION AND ASSESSMENT WORK ONLY

Comment (Location): OUTCROP IS VISIBLE IN THE CLIFFS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF WARD CANYON, AND ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF AN UNNAMED SOUTH-TRENDING TRIBUTARY CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Comment (Production): NO ORE PRODUCED AS OF 1961

References

Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA, DANENHAVER-DANENHAVER-ANDERSON-RAPIER EXPLORATION PROJECT

Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES, RED ROCK CLAIMS

Reference (Deposit): USBM INF CIRC 7990, P. 102

Reference (Deposit): BENNETT, K.C., 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE COUNTY, ARIZONA: M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, 153P.

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