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Swansea Mine

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027672
MRDS ID M003777
Record type Site
Current site name Swansea Mine
Alternate or previous names Signal, Copper Prince
Related records 10283330

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.84356, 34.16755 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Relative position 23 MILES NORTHEAST OF BOUSE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Swansea(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alamo Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bill Williams(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(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 La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010N 015W 29,32 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Hematite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Specularite Ore

Analytical data

Result 2.5% CU

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 281
USGS model code 37b
Deposit model name Gold on flat faults

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.84356, 34.16755
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 27.43M
    Width 9.14M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Major Part Of This Claim, Occupies A Faulted Block Of Country Rock Whose Original Position Was To The Southwest And Considerably Higher Than It Is At Present

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH LOW-ANGLE DETACHMENT FAULTING; OREBODIES ARE WITHIN AND IMMEDIATELY ABOVE THE MICROBRECCIATED DETACHMENT SURFACE; IRREGULAR HYDROTHERMAL REPLACEMENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1908
Year of last production 1944

Mining district

District name Swansea District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner John Challinor
    Home office Phoenix, Az.
    First year 1971
    Last year 1973
  • Type Owner
    Owner Clara Consolidated Mining Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1930
    Period 1910-1930
    Material AG
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^3% Cu, 0.09 Oz Ag/Ton, Minor Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 3g/mt
    Copper Copper 3wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ABGMT-USBM PRODUCTION DATA MAY INCLUDE SOME CLARA MINE PRODUCTION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.053HA
    Length 121.92M
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • ON THE SIGNAL PROPERTY THERE ARE SIX SHAFTS, TWO INCLINED AND FOUR VERTICAL.

Comments on development

  • PAST OPERATORS INCLUDE: CLARA CONSOLIDATED GOLD AND COPPER MINING CO.; WILTON-GRANT ORES AND METALS CO.; SWANSEA LEASE INC; SOUTH ARIZONA MINES CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 451, P. 60.

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 140, P. 104.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT BULL 192, P. 174.

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    A.B.M. BULLETIN 140, P. 104 (10) KEITH, S.B., 1978

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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