Quartz Ledge

The Quartz Ledge is a fluorine-fluorite 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

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Site Name

Primary: Quartz Ledge
Secondary: White Cow
Secondary: Porcupine

Commodity

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Tonto Basin Mining 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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Pro-Met Of Arizona, Inc.
Years: 1982 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1971
Year Last Production: 1973
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Navajo Section

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): USBM GIVES LOCATION AS 33-56-31N, 111-14035W. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1992)

Comment (Production): MINIMUM ESTIMATE FOR 1000 FT X 20 FT X 20 FT DEEP PIT.

Comment (Deposit): FLUORSPAR IN STEEPLY DIPPING VEINS AND ARE NEARLY PARALLEL.

Comment (Workings): OPENCUT, INCLINED SHAFT.

References

Reference (Deposit): SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.

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

Reference (Deposit): "MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM: ARIZONA FLUORSPAR", ARIZONA DMR, MARCH 1976.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PICTURE MOUNTAIN 7.5' TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Reference (Deposit): PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.

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