French Lily Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Lead, Arsenic
Sections on this page
  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  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 10027170
MRDS ID M002359
Record type Site
Current site name French Lily Mine
Alternate or previous names Cedar Talisman
Related records 10283203

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.23407, 34.27005 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position 9.5 MILES S OF MAYER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cleator(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(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)

Federal lands

Prescott National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010N 001E 10,11 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.23407, 34.27005

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Schist Has Foliation That Varies Greatly In Trends
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Are Very Low Angle (Less Than 40 Deg) And Cross-Cut Foliation

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 30 N
    Length 202.69M
    Width 0.76M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS LOW-ANGLE QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PROTEROZIC SCHIST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1902
Year of last production 1959

Mining district

District name Black Canyon District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Jensen
    First year 1959
  • Type Owner
    Owner R. P. Mcleod
    First year 1961

Comments on the production information

  • A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF ORE WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN SHIPPED IN 1923 .

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 312.42M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on development

  • CLAIMS INCLUDE SUNRISE, TWILIGHT, REDSTAR, MOONLIGHT, OLD CAMP, LILY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, 1926, USGS BULL 782, P. 159

  • Deposit

    GUITERAS, J.R., 1936 , GOLD MINING AND MILLING IN THE BLACK CANYON AREA, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 6905 , P. 23

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, 1972, USGS BULL 1345, P. 34-35

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN FOLLOWS SCHIST, DIORITE CONTACT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1981 Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

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