Red Rock

The Red Rock is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,400 feet.

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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.

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Site Name

Primary: Red Rock

Commodity

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Tonto Basin

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

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Pro-Met Of Arizona, Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Arizona
Info Year: 1982

Production

Year: 1973
Time Period: 1971-1973
Mined: 907.000 mt
Material type: Ore
Description: Combined Fluorspar Production 1971-73 907 Total Mt Ore Produced

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Subtype: Flotation
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1971
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

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT WAS EVALUATED FOR FLUORSPAR ONLY. ACCORDING TO THE OWNER, SOME GOLD AND SILVER VALUES HAVE BEEN FOUND, BUT NO ASSAYS OR RESERVE FIGURES WERE MADE AVAILABLE. ORE FROM THE QUARTZ LEDGE DEPOSIT, THE RED ROCK MINE, AND THE BLUEBIRD MINE WAS MILLED IN 1971-73 AT THE COMPANY FLOTATION MILL LOCATED 3.2 KM EAST OF TONTO BASIN. THERE IS ONE VEIN- STRIKE N70W, DIP VERTICAL, LATERAL EXTENT UNKNOWN, WIDTH 0.3- 1.5M.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): MAT1 COL1- TONNAGE ESTIMATED BY RUDD, A CONSULTANT HIRED BY TONTO MINING AND MILLING IN 1976 (HAMILTON, 1982). GRADE OF 50% BASED ON AVERAGE GRADE OF ORE WHEN THE MINE WAS OPERATING.

Comment (Geology): DISTRICT ALSO UNDERLAIN BY PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE, WITH YOUNGER PRECAMBRIAN APACHE GROUP OVERLAYING IT, CREATCEOUS GRANITE INTRUDES OLDER ROCKS.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO R-DATA SET IS LISTED BECAUSE THERE ARE NO PUBLISHED RESERVES FOR THIS DEPOSIT, Q-MAT1 COL1 IS THE RESERVE FIGURE USED FOR THIS EVALUATION- 72600MT AT 50% CAF2.

Comment (Workings): A 1KM SECTION OF ROAD WILL NEED TO BE BUILT TO CONNECT THE ADITS WITH THE MAIN ROAD. THE EXISTING ROAD BETWEEN THE MINE AND MILL (15KM) AND MILL TO TONTO BASIN (4KM) WILL NEED TO BE IMPROVED- PROBABLY WIDENED AND GRAVELLED.

Comment (Economic Factors): ACQUISITION COST OF $1,000,000 WAS PAID BY PRO-MET IN NOV 1980 FOR THE RED ROCK, QUARTZ LEDGE, BLUEBIRD, AND THE MILL. THE ACTUAL COST OF CONSTRUCTING THE MILL IN 1971 WAS $600,000.

Comment (Production): SURFACE GEOLOGIC MAPPING HAS BEEN DONE FOR GILA COUNTY (ARIZ BUMINES 1959). ONE STOPE WAS MINED 1971-73, BUT RECORDS WERE LOST IN AN OFFICE FIRE. OTHER METHOD INCLUDES SOME SAMPLING BY THE CURRENT OWNER, NO ASSAYS WERE MADE AVAIL- ABLE FOR THIS EVALUATION.

References

Reference (Deposit): MIERTZ, RICHARD E., TONTO BASIN FLUORSPAR DISTRICT: REPORT

Reference (Deposit): TO TRANSWORLD MINING SYNDICATE, MARCH 13, 1958, 6P.

Reference (Deposit): KELLER, JACK, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, JAN 8, 22, 1982.

Reference (Deposit): KOSTICK, DENNIS S., AND RONALD J. DEFILIPPO, 1978-79, FLUOR-

Reference (Deposit): SPAR: U.S. BUMINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, VOL I, P.342

Reference (Deposit): KRAL, VICTOR, BLUEBIRD MINE: REPORT ON ARIZONA FLUORITE FROM

Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPT. OF MINERAL RESOURCES, NOV 28, 1975, 3P.

Reference (Deposit): -----,QUARTZ LEDGE (WHITE COW): REPORT ON ARIZONA FLUORITE

Reference (Deposit): FROM ARIZ DEPT OF MINERAL RES., DEC 20, 1975, 2P.

Reference (Deposit): -----, RED ROCK: REPORT ON ARIZONA FLUORITE FROM ARIZ DEPT

Reference (Deposit): OF MINERAL RES., DEC 20, 1975, 3P.

Reference (Deposit): -----, MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM COMPUTER FILE, BLUEBIRD,

Reference (Deposit): RED ROCK, AND QUARTZ LEDGE PROPERTIES

Reference (Deposit): U.S. FOREST SERVICE, TONTO NATIONAL FOREST CLIMATE RECORDS,

Reference (Deposit): 1981.

Reference (Deposit): VAN ALSTINE, R.E., AND R.T. MOORE, 1969, MINERAL AND WATER

Reference (Deposit): RESOURCES OF ARIZONA, FLUORSPAR CHAPTER: ARIZONA BUMINES

Reference (Deposit): BULLETIN 180, P.348-357

Reference (Deposit): WOOD, H.B., MEMORANDUM ON FLUORSPAR ACTIVITY AND RESERVE

Reference (Deposit): FILES, RED ROCK AND WHITE COW MINES: U.S. BUMINES FILES,

Reference (Deposit): JAN 24, 1974

Reference (Deposit): -----, MEMORANDUM ON FLUORSPAR INDUSTRY DISCUSSING TONTO

Reference (Deposit): MINING AND MILLING CO.: U.S. BUMINES FILES, JAN 17, 1974

Reference (Deposit): LY AND CO., CHICAGO, ILL.

Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPT. OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERALS AVAILABILITY

Reference (Deposit): SYSTEM ARIZONA FLUORSPAR: GRANT NO. G0254012 FOR U.S.

Reference (Deposit): BUMINES, MARCH 25, 1976, P.2

Reference (Deposit): BRAKE, E. LEVI, U.S. BUMINES HELTH AND SAFETY REPORT ON

Reference (Deposit): BLUEBIRD MINE AND MILL: AUG 16, 1971, P.1

Reference (Deposit): -----, USBM HEALTH AND SAFETY REPORT ON RED ROCK MINE: AUG.

Reference (Deposit): 16, 26, 1971.

Reference (Deposit): BURGIN, LORRAINE B., 1978-79, ARIZONA: U.S. BUMINES MINERALS

Reference (Deposit): YEARBOOK, VOL II, P. 70

Reference (Deposit): CAMM, T.W., MAR 1982, QUARTZ LEDGE DEPOSIT, USBM MAS PROP-

Reference (Deposit): ERTY EVALUATION FILE REPORT.

Reference (Deposit): CUMMINGS, J.B., EXPLORATION OF THE PACKARD FLUORSPAR PROPER-

Reference (Deposit): TY, GILA CO., ARIZ.: U.S. BUMINES RI 3880, MAY 1946, 7P.

Reference (Deposit): E/MJ, FLUORSPAR: MARCH ISSUE ANNUAL REVIEW, 1971-1981

Reference (Deposit): -----, INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING, ARIZONA: TONTO

Reference (Deposit): MINING AND MILLING CO., INC., 1971-1981

Reference (Deposit): -----, MARKETS: FLUORSPAR PRICES, AUGUST 1981, P.23

Reference (Deposit): GUCCIONE, EUGENE, FLUORSPAR TRENDS: E/MJ, DEC 1972, P.70

Reference (Deposit): HAMILTON, JACK, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, JAN 14, FEB 10, 1982

Reference (Deposit): HANDY RAILROAD ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1973, RAND MCNAL-

Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA BUMINES, 1959, GEOLOGIC MAP OF GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA

Reference (Deposit): MORSE, DAVID E., 1980, MINERAL FACTS AND PROBLEMS, FLUORITE

Reference (Deposit): CHAPTER: U.S. BUMINES BULLETIN 671, P.303-321

Reference (Deposit): STRAAM ENGINEERS, INC., 1979, CAPITAL AND OPERATING COST

Reference (Deposit): ESTIMATING SYSTEM HANDBOOK: U.S. BUMINES CONTRACT NO.

Reference (Deposit): J0255026

Reference (Deposit): STECKLEY, R.C., AND J.F. LEMONS, A METHOD FOR UPDATING COST

Reference (Deposit): ESTIMATES FOR THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM, BUMINES

Reference (Deposit): INTERNAL REPORT, SOG, MAY 1976, 40P.

Reference (Deposit): STEWART, L.A., U.S. BUMINES REVIEW OF EXAMINATION, QUARTZ

Reference (Deposit): LEDGE (PORCUPINE): JULY 24, 1957, 3P.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUMINES, FLUORINE: MINERAL COMMODITY PROFILE MCP-20,

Reference (Deposit): AUG 1978, 27 P.

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