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Arizona Northern Mine

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron, Lead, Manganese
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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 10027680
MRDS ID M003802
Record type Site
Current site name Arizona Northern Mine
Alternate or previous names Glory Hole, Salome Strike

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.75217, 33.82312 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Relative position 5 MILES NORTH OF VICKSBURG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East of Utting(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bouse Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(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 006N 014W 30,31,32 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Iron Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Limonite Ore
Siderite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.75217, 33.82312
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Opposite Direction Of Dip Of The Schists On Either Side Of The Wash In The Vicinity Of The Prospect Suggests That The Direction Of The Gulch May Have Been Determined By Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Is Within A Wide Fissure Or Shear Zone.

Comments on the geologic information

  • IN GENERAL THE FREE GOLD IS RATHER SPARINGLY DISTRIBUTED IN THE VEINS, AND IN SEVERAL PLACES THE FREE GOLD WAS ONLY DISCOVERED AFTER DISSOLVING THE IRON OXIDE AND CARBONATE PRESENT, WHICH FORMED AN EFFECTIVE COVERING FOR THE GOLD

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ellsworth District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • THE DEVELOPMENTS ON THE STRIKE ITSELF ARE OF THE MOST MEAGER NATURE, CONSISTING ONLY OF A SMALL SURFACE CUT IN THE MOUNTIAN SIDE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BANCROFT, HOWLAND; 1911; ORE DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 451, P. 98

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 148

  • Production

    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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