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Telluride Chief Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, Tungsten, Copper, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008533
MRDS ID D000781
Record type Site
Current site name Telluride Chief Mine
Alternate or previous names Standard Minerals, Telluride 1-9, Gold Mountain, Garnier No. 1, Si Lver Hill, Helen, Madolini & Margarent
Related records 10234518

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.81162, 35.10919 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dean Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Valentine(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Williams(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Sandy(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 020N 015W 13,24 SE4 (13) OF NE4 (24) Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Molybdenum Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Huebnerite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Wolframite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Iron Stained Outcrops And Coarse Flaky Sericitic Alteration

Analytical data

Result ASSAY 1% WO3, 1950'S.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Cretaceous
    Chronological age 68
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.81162, 35.10919
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Extensive Fissures

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W
    Dip SW
    Length 213.36M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In Quartz Veins In Fussures. Prominent System Strikes N30w, Dip Sw, Other Strikes Ne, Dips Se

Comments on the geologic information

  • TUNGSTEN MINERALS OCCUR IN BOTH VEIN SYSTEMS BUT ARE MOST ABUNDANT NEAR INTERSECTIONS OF NW AND NE VEINS. HOST ALSO REPORTED AS GRANITE OF PREC AGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Maynard District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Evelyn Mayers
    Home office Kingman, Az.
    First year 1953

Production statistics

  • Year 1937
    Period 1930-1937
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Lead Lead 1wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 909g/mt
    Trace Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
    Major Ore Gold Gold 9g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • 7 CARLOADS SHIPPED IN 1939 TO A SMELTER WHICH PAID $42.50/T FOR AU , AG, CU ORE AND 1% W AND MO. SOME AU-AG-CU ORE SHIPPED 1935-1941.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 106.68M
    Overall depth 137.16M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE MINE HAD A 450 FT SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 200, 300, AND 400 FT. SEVERAL MILLS WERE BUILT AND OPERATED FOR SHORT PERIODS OF TIME

Comments on development

  • WALTER MEYER WAS OWNER/OPERATOR 1935-1937

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE, 1961, USBM IC 8078.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, 1941, ABM BULL 148.

  • Deposit

    MALACH, 1977, MOHAVE CO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, KINGMAN.

  • Deposit

    AZ DEPT MIN RES, 1962, PHOENIX.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    KING, R.U., 1974, UNPUB. DATA.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ABM FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD D000781 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. THIS RECORD ALSO CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORDS D000325 OF R.U. KING AND M003914 OF K.H. JOHNSON WHICH HAVE BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-83 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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