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Binghampton Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027246
MRDS ID M002606
Record type Site
Current site name Binghampton Mine
Related records 10161725

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.19407, 34.45616 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 5 MILES NE OF MAYER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mayer(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 012N 002E 06 NE OF NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • TWO SHAFTS MARKED ON MAP; OPPOSITE EACH OTHER IN A SMALL VALLEY NEAR NORTH EDGE OF SECTION 6; BOTH ARE PART OF BINGHAMPTON (EASTERN SHAFT IS MISLABELED AS THE COPPER QUEEN).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization, Sericitization

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 184
USGS model code 28a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, kuroko
Mark3 model number 93

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) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
  • 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) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.19407, 34.45616
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation And Transposed Bedding In Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N-S To N15w
Type of structure Local
Structure description Massive Sulfide Lenses Parallel Stratigraphic Units

Ore body information

  • General form SHOOTS, LENSES
    Length 30.48M
    Width 3.05M
    Depth to bottom 182.88M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphy, Igneous Activity

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS MASSIVE SULFIDE LENS IN PROTEROZOIC METAVOLCANIC ROCKS. MASSIVE SULFIDE LENS LOCALIZED IN OR NEAR RHYOLITE AND RHYOLITE - ANDESITE CONTACTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer I.T. Stoddard
Year of first production 1914
Year of last production 1947

Mining district

District name Agua Fria District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Binghampton Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. N. Steverson
    First year 1970

Comments on the production information

  • ITEMS 10, 11, AND 12 ARE YIELDS FROM SMELTING OF CONCENTRATES FROM ITEM 9.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.07HA
    Length 121.92M
    Overall depth 365.76M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on development

  • SHAFT EXISTED BEFORE 1914

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 782, P. 146.

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, C.A. AND BLACET, P.M., 1972, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN BRADSHAW MOUNTAINS, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1336, P. 74.

  • Production

    U.S.G.S. BULL'S. 782, 1336.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-72 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey ADDED MODEL NAME AND NUMBER
Updater 01-FEB-79 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-DEC-81 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Editor 16-JUN-92 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey

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