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Monte Cristo Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027541
MRDS ID M003309
Record type Site
Current site name Monte Cristo Mine
Related records 10283899

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.58325, 34.06506 (WGS84)
Elevation 1049
Relative position 12 1/2 MI BY ROAD NE OF WICKENBURG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morgan Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 008N 003W 04 NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • UTM TO MAIN SHAFT ON MAP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chloanthite Ore
Niccolite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Tennantite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor To None

Analytical data

Result TWO SAMPLES: 17.75 & 18 % CU, 29 & 44 OZ. AG/TON, $3.60 & $3.68 AU/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • 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
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • 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) -112.58325, 34.06506
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Schist And Gneiss Trends N25e To N65e
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins (And Genetically-Related(?)) Dikes Trend N10w To N40w And Crosscut Precambrian Fabric

Ore body information

  • General form BANDS/LENSES
    Strike NW
    Dip 50 SW
    Width 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing Igneous Activity - Dikes

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS HIGH-ANGLE QUARTZ VEIN WHICH IS ASSOCIATEED WITH RHYOLITE OR ANDESITE DIKES OF PROBABLE MID-TERTIARY AGE THAT CUT PRECAMBRIAN IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Black Rock District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 335.28M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BASTIN, E.S., 1922 , PRIMARY NATIVE-SILVER ORES NEAR WICKENBURG, ARIZONA; U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 735 - E

  • Production

    A.B.M. BULLETIN 140 , P. 103 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO VEINS
Deposit A PRIMARY NATIVE-SILVER DEPOSIT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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