The Detectron and Pegmatite Claims is a lead, platinum, silver, and gold mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,001 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: 1,001 Feet (305 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Platinum, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 33.11917, -112.75611
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Detectron and Pegmatite Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Detectron and Pegmatite Claims
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Platinum
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
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
Form: UNKNOWN
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault Zones
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 3 SAMPLES CONTAIN PT: (1) 1.23 PPM AG, 31 PPM PB, 39 PPB PT
Analytical Data: (3) 39 PPB PT
Analytical Data: (2) 168 PPB AU, 51 PPB PT
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Production): NO KNOWN PRODUCTION
Comment (Location): ADJACENT TO BLM WOOLSEY PEAK WILDERNESS STUDY AREA. SECS. 32, 33, 04 UNSURVEYED. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR ADIT SYMBOL IN PEGMATITE CLAIM; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = CITRUS VALLEY EAST 1:24000
Comment (Commodity): SAMPLES FROM THESE CLAIMS ALSO CONTAIN VERY LOW LEVELS OF U308
Comment (Development): SEVERAL SMALL PROSPECT PITS IN AREA OF CLAIMS. NEARBY STAMSCO CLAIMS STAKED FOR PT AND AU BUT PT NOT DETECTED THERE (MCDONNELL, 1986)
Comment (Deposit): PROSPECTS ARE IN PEGMATITES AND QUARTZ MONZONITE WITH WHICH THE PEGMATITES ARE ASSOCIATED
Comment (Workings): SMALL PROSPECT PITS
Comment (Deposit): PGE DATA COLLECTED AS PART OF USBM STUDY FOR THE WOOLSEY PEAK WILDERNESS STUDY AREA ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): MCDONNELL, J.R., JR., 1986, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF A PART OF THE WOOLSEY PEAK WILDERNESS STUDY AREA (AZ-020-142/144), MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERAL LAND ASSESSMENT OPEN-FILE REPORT 46-86, 14 P.
Reference (Deposit): PETERSON, J.A., HASSEMER, J.R., KNEPPER, D.H., JR., PITKIN, J.A., HANNA, W.F., AND MCDONNELL, J.R., JR., 1989, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE WOOLSEY PEAK WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1702-F, 16 P.
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