Red Racer

The Red Racer is a molybdenum mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,249 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

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Site Name

Primary: Red Racer

Commodity

Primary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Iron

Location

State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Patagonia District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: Underground

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

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Deposits In Area Occur In Stocklike Body Of Diorite Porphyry Which Forms Four Metals Hill And Intrudes Older Granodiorite

Type: L
Description: Sheeted, Shattered, And Crushed Granodiorite

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strong Potassic Alteration

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 58.000000+-5.000000
Age Young: Tertiary

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Ferrimolybdite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Talc

Comments

Comment (Commodity): FORMER OWNERS (ADDRESS UNKNOWN) REPORTED MOLYBDENUM AS THE PRINCIP AL METAL

Comment (Location): IN PROVIDENCIA CANYON ABOUT 1/2 MI SW OF FOUR METALS MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Comment (Production): SEVERAL CARS OF PRODUCTION

Comment (Workings): DRIFTS AND TUNNELS

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 582, P. 317-320

Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000)

Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 658-E

Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES, RED RACER

Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA, FOUR METALS MINE

Reference (Deposit): ADMR, 1962, MOLY PROSPECTS IN AZ

Reference (Production): ADMR FILE DATA

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