Mines in and Around Carrizo Ranch

The map below gives a high level overview of known mineral deposits in the state of Arizona. Of interest is the area around Carrizo ranch. It appears that there is or was a Carbon Dioxide field in the vicinity.

Minerals in Arizona

An analysis of the mineral lease between Prize Energy and BNSF shows that BNSF owns the mineral rights to almost all of Carrizo Ranch (there are perhaps three lots in township 14 N, range 29 E, section 20, and also all of township 14 N, range 28 E, section 21 to which BNSF does not appear own mineral rights). This being the case, it is natural to ask how likely are mineral claims to be made on Carrizo Ranch. This is not an easy question to answer, but the following map is a start. It shows lease activity for Apache County. In the following two maps, "leased land" means land with split title (that is, one party holds the surface rights, and another party holds the mineral rights), where the mineral rights have been leased out. The black (productive leases) in the map below is of greatest concern. It appears that there have not been any productive leases in Apache County. Note that the next two maps aplpy to federal land only.

Lease Activity in Apache County

It is also useful to look at Oil and Gas leases in Apache County, since the Prze Energy lease calls these out specifically. See the map below.

Oil and Gas Lease Activity in Apache County

Finally, it is instructive to look at existing mines in and around Carrizo Ranch. The following table is extracted from the Arizona Bureau of Mines data for Apache County. It lists the mines that are on or near Carrizo ranch.

Town	Range	Sect	Name	Status	Lat Deg	Lat Min	Lat Sec	Long Deg	Long Min	Long Sec
13 N	29 E	30	Apache Uranium	Past Producer	34	30	15	109	18	26
13 N	28 E	21	St. John's N. No. 1 Borrow	Unknown	34	31	8	109	21	57
14 N	28 E	35	St. John's N. No. 1 Gravel	Unknown	34	34	18	109	20	29
14 N	29 E	21	St. John's N. No. 2 Gravel	Unknown	34	36	17	109	15	55
13 N	28 E	27	St. John's N. No. 1 Borrow	Unknown	34	29	51	109	21	51