| Deposit ID | 10027340 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M002896 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bishop's Knoll Mine |
| Related records | 10282906 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.29377, 34.16228 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1311 |
| Relative position | A FEW MILES NORTH OF GISELA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Gila(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Payson South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Payson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Holbrook(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Tonto(hydrologic unit)
Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)
Salt(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Tonto National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Gila |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 009N | 010E | 02,11 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist |
| (1) | -111.29377, 34.16228 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Major Nw Trending Fault Nearby. |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Faulting Occurs Later Than The Intrusion Of The Dikes Payson Granite Outcrops E Of Fault. Tertiary Sediments Outcrop 1 Mile S Of Mine. Nw-Se Fissures Are Common, Parallel Ne-Sw. Diorite Dikes Also Present. Ne-Trending Thrust Fault 1 Mile E Of Mine. |
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1950 |
| Discoverer | Miss Elanor Wood |
| District name | Green Valley District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 21.34M |
| Overall depth | 15.24M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M002896 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040070179 |
LAUSEN, C., WILSON, E. D., 1924 , GOLD AND COPPER DEPOSITS NEAR PAYSON, ARIZONA: ABM BULLETIN 120 , P. 41 .
ARIZONA MINING JOURNAL, MAY 1920, P17.
CONWAY,C.M.1976. PETROLOGY, STRUCTURE, AND EVOLUTION OF A PRECAMBRIAN VOLCANIC AND PLUTONIC COMPLEX, TONTO BASIN, GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA,CALIF INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, PHD THESIS
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1900'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1972 | Gere, W. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-APR-1979 | Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.