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Hercules Mine

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027607
MRDS ID M003502
Record type Site
Current site name Hercules Mine
Related records 10138037

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.55077, 33.77034 (WGS84)
Elevation 594
Relative position 4 MILES S OF WENDEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salome(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Centennial Wash(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 La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005N 012W 18 CENTER OF S2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result 2670 TONS OF ORE AND SILICEOUS GOLD FLUX AVERAGING ABOUT .25 OZ AU/TON, .27 OZ AG/TON, AND 1 1/4 TONS OF CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.55077, 33.77034
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description There Is Little Continuity To The Quartz Lenses, Postmineral Faulting Having Taken Place Along Both The Dip And The Strike Of The Veins

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike S75W
    Dip 60W
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Occupies A Shear Zone In The Country Rock

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION ALONG OVERTHRUST FAULT THAT PLACES PREC METAMORPHICS OVER PAL-MES SEDIMENTS; MINERALIZATION LOCALLY ASSOCIATED WITH MICRODIORITE DIKES 20 TO 20 MY IN AGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1950

Mining district

District name Harquahala District

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BY TWO SHALLOW INCLINED SHAFTS

Comments on development

  • WORKED PRIOR TO 1900 AND SPORADICALLY FROM 1934 THROUGH 1950; PREVIOUS OPERATORS INCLUDE J.B. SHARP, TOM ROGERS, J.J. ROGERS, LEO FARRINGTON, JOHN R. SHANLEY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 451, P. 109

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 140, P. 104

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 137, P. 132

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM PRODUCTION FILE DATA

  • Production

    A.B.M. BULLETIN 140, P. 104

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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