Josh Billings Claims

The Josh Billings Claims is a copper mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,249 feet.

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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

Name: Josh Billings Claims

State: Arizona

County: Gila

Elevation: 4,249 Feet (1,295 Meters)

Primary Mineral: Copper

Lat, Long: 33.42028, -110.78361

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Josh Billings Claims MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Josh Billings Claims

Commodity

Primary: Copper

Location

State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Miami-Inspiration District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private

Holdings

Workings

Ownership

Production

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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

Orebody

Form: LINEAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: At The Southwest End Of Buffalo Hill, Displacement Of The Base Of The Troy Quartzite Indicates That The Throw On The Vein Fault Is About 50 Feet.

Alterations

Rocks

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

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

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

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

Analytical Data

Materials

Comments

Comment Type: Workings	Comment: THE VEIN WAS EXPLORED DURING THE EARLY DAYS OF THE DISTRICT BY THREE ADITS.
Comment Type: Deposit	Comment: UNLIKE THE BUFFALO VEIN, THE JOSH BILLINGS VEIN IS POORLY MINERALIZED.
Comment Type: Production	Comment: PRODUCTION FOR THIS MINE PROBABLY INCLUDED IN THE PRODUCTION DATA FOR THE OLD DOMINION MINE (UNITED GLOBE)

References

Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: PETERSON, N.P., 1962, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GLOBE-MIAMI DISTRICT, ARIZONA: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 342, P. 104.
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: USGS PP 12, P. 152.