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Golden Slipper Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver
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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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026937
MRDS ID M001147
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Slipper Mine
Related records 10162086

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.5088, 33.95506 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position 11 MILES BY ROAD NE OF MORRISTOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Picacho(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(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 007N 002W 18 SW4 OF SE4 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION BASED ON CLAIM MAP SHOWING TWO SHAFTS IMMEDIATELY TO THE EAST OF AN INTERMITTENT STREAM JUST BEFORE IT FLOWS OVER THE BOUNDARY FROM YAVAPAI TO MARICOPA COUNTY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.5088, 33.95506
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Bedding In Volcanics Strikes Northwest
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Oriented Northwest, Parallel To Faults Which Cut Volcanics

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 20NE OR MORE
    Thickness 0.91M
    Width 7.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS TERTIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1932
Year of last production 1936

Mining district

District name Red Picacho District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Colland Mining Co.
    First year 1940
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ray Howland
    First year 1940

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M
    Overall depth 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS INCLUDE A SHAFT 25 FT DEEP WITH DRIFTS AND AN INCLINED SHAFT TO THE SE ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER SMALLER WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1934 , ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137 , P. 65

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES

  • Production

    A.B.M. BULLETIN 137 , P. 65

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1981 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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