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Niagara Mine

Occurrence in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Quartz
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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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026931
MRDS ID M001126
Record type Site
Current site name Niagara Mine
Alternate or previous names Niagra Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.22855, 34.59337 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Relative position 2.8 MILES SW OF LAWLER PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bagdad(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bagdad(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Burro(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 015N 009W 32 S2 OF SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS GENERAL FOR AREA OF PLACERS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Quartz Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcanthite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Copper Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Analytical data

Result ESTIMATED AT LESS THAN 1 % CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Diorite Porphyry;Aplite
    Rock description Diorite Porphyry;Aplite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Butte Falls Tuff;King Peak Rhyolite
    Rock description Butte Falls Tuff;King Peak Rhyolite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N10e To N40e
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Dikes And Foliation

Ore body information

  • General form CYLINDRICAL PIPE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Pipe

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN THAT CUTS PRECAMBRIAN METAVOLCANIC UNITS. VEINS ARE GENETICALLY RELATED TO LATE CRETACEOUS-PALEOCENE DIORITE PORPHYRY DIKES AND APLITE DIKES
  • PLACERS OCCUR ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF LYNX CREEK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 39.62M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • PLACERS WORKED BY SLUICE, DRYLAND DREDGE, DREDGE, HYDRAULIC, ROCKERS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, C.A., 1955, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BAGDAD AREA, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 278, P. 96.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DUPLICATE RECORD TC40024 HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS.
Deposit SOURCE OF GOLD BELIEVED TO BE AU-QUARTZ VEINS IN GRANODIORITE. NUGGETS WERE UP TO 4 OZ IN SIZE.
Deposit MOST PRODUCTIVE GOLD BEARING STREAM IN ARIZONA. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit QUARTZ CEMENTS THE BRECCIA. POCKETS OF QUARTZ CRYSTALS ARE POSSIBLE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1981 Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 05-MAY-1995 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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