The Cherry Creek is a fluorine-fluorite and copper mine located in Gila county, Arizona.
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:
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite, Copper
Lat, Long: 33.90194, -110.90667
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Cherry Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cherry Creek
Secondary: Quartzite Claims
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Sierra Ancha District
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Tonto National Forest-Sierra Ancha Wilderness
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: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Bornite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): BRECCIATED WHITE FLUORITE WITH COPPER MINERALS IN LIMESTONE.
Comment (Commodity): BRECCIATED WHITE FLUORITE
References
Reference (Deposit): ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1978, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DMR MINERAL REPORT NO. 2.
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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