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Tillie Starbuck Prospect

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027603
MRDS ID M003492
Record type Site
Current site name Tillie Starbuck Prospect
Related records 10283805

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.4488, 34.40644 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 4 3/4 MILES S OF GROOM CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Groom Creek(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

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 012N 002W 02 SW OF SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • ON SLATE CREEK, LOCATION MEASURED TO ADIT SYMBOL ON MAP, A SECOND TUNNEL, NW ABOUT 400 METERS IS PROBABLY ALSO PART OF THE MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor

Analytical data

Result GOLD TO SILVER RATIO 2:3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.4488, 34.40644
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Proterozoic Rocks Trends N20e To N30e
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Foliation In Proterozoic Rocks Or Diverge At Angles Less Than 20 Deg

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 10 W
    Dip 80 E
    Length 30.48M
    Width 5.18M
    Depth to bottom 243.84M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VIEN WHICH CUTS PROTEROZOIC METAMORPHIC ROCKS AND IS SPATIALLY ASSOCIATED WITH RHYOLITE DIKES OF PROBABLE PALEO-MIOCENE AGE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1939

Mining district

District name Mount Union District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lee Soloman

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 518.16M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS INCLUDE 4 TUNNELS INCLUDING THE ARTIC AND THE SLATE CREEK (OR NO. 2) WHICH IS THE MAJOR TUNNEL

Comments on development

  • 12 CLAIMS; ASSESSMENT WORK BEING DONE BY "M" COMPANY (FRANK MONTONATI) FOR GRAHAM INTERNATIONAL (1980)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, 1926, USGS BULL 782, P. 119

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1934 , ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137 , P. 45

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

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-JAN-1982 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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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