Commodities
PrimaryTungsten, Gold, Silver
SecondaryMolybdenum, Copper
TertiaryFluorine-Fluorite, Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium)
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlOre Shoots Seem Related To Intersection Of Fissures As If N45e Zone S Were Mineralized By The N25-30e Fissures
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Ferberite, Fluorite, Gold, Molybdenite
GangueHematite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSchist,Pegmatite,Granite
Associated rockPegmatite
StructureN 45 E Fissure System Intersected By N 25-30 E Fissure System
AlterationCoarse Sericitization And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1941
Discovery year1910
Identification
Deposit ID10027067
MRDS IDM001892
Alternate namesGolden Reef, Pocahontas, Nata, Diaz, Steele Claims
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.8834, -111.91351
References
DALE, 1959, USBM RI 5516, P. 37-40.WILSON, 1941, ABM BULL 148, P. 26.MEEVES, 1966, USBM RI 6828.MEEVES, 1966, USBM RI 6828, P. 58.ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE (STUART GOLD REEF, GOLD REEF).PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.CIMRIDALE, 1959; WILSON, 1941