Old Dick Mine

Past Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold, Arsenic, Cobalt, Cadmium
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. 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. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027598
MRDS ID M003474
Record type Site
Current site name Old Dick Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.22994, 34.54698 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 5.4 MILES SSW OF LAWLER PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bagdad(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bagdad(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Maria(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(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 014N 009W 17,20 SE OF SW OF SW (17); NE OF NW OF NW (20) Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Cadmium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Magnetite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization, Pyritization

Analytical data

Result ARSENOPYRITE CARRIES UP TO 1.21 % CO
Result 0.03 % CADMIUM.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1770
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Bridle Formation;Dick Rhyolite
    Rock description Bridle Formation;Dick Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1770
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.22994, 34.54698

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N20e To N30e
Type of structure Local
Structure description Massive Sulfide Lenses Parallel Foliation And Bedding

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR LENSES
    Strike N25E
    Dip 80W
    Plunge 60
    Plunge direction SW
    Thickness 21.34M
    Length 281.94M
    Width 280.42M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 309.98M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphy, Folding, Igneous Activity

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1882
Discoverer Willian Waters
Year of first production 1943
Year of last production 1966

Mining district

District name Old Dick District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cyprus Mining Co.
    First year 1966

Comments on the production information

  • MOST ORE AVERAGED 15.76 TO 22.20 % ZN, AND 2.22 TO 3.45 % COPPER.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 1.621HA
    Length 6096M
    Overall depth 304.8M
    Overall length 281.94M
    Overall width 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • LEVELS ON 50,100,150,225,300,400,457,525,650,800, AND 950 LEVELS. CUT AND FILL MINING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, C.A., 1955, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BAGDAD AREA, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 278, P. 76 , 88.

  • Deposit

    BAKER, ARTHUR III, AND CLAYTON, R.L., 1968, MASSIVE SULPHIDE DEPOSITS OF THE BAGDAD DISTRICT, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: ORE DEPOSITS OF THE U.S., 1933 - 1967, V. II, P. 1312.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    MINING WORKD, AUGUST, 1962, P. 12-17.

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 156, PART I, P. 131-135.

  • Deposit

    SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATS BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 278, P. 89. FIGURE TO 1973 INCLUDEDS PRODUCTION FROM THE BRUCE OREBODY.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE BRUCE MINE (MRDS NO. M800223).
Deposit DEPOSIT IS MASSIVE SULFIDE LENS IN PROTEROZOIC METAVOLCANIC ROCKS. DEPOSIT LOCALIZED AT OR NEAR CONTACT OF RHYOLITE AND ANDESITE. BRUCE ORE BODY IS DOWN-DIP EXTENSION OF OLD DICK OREBODY.
Deposit BRUCE OREBODY AND OLD DICK OREBODY ARE ALONG SAME STRATIGRAPHIC INTERVAL, WITH BRUCE UNDERLYING OLD DICK. TWO MINES ARE LISTED SEPARATELY DUE TO HISTORY, MINING, AND DEVELOPMENT. GEOLOGICALLY, THE TWO MINES EXPLOITED THE SAME OREBODY. THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORDS W000354 OF A.B. COURY AND W002662 OF D.P. COX WHICH HAVE BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1981 Dewitt, Ed H. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-NOV-1993 Orris, Greta J. 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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