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Pine Mountain Mine

Occurrence in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027891
MRDS ID M004361
Record type Site
Current site name Pine Mountain Mine
Related records 10210275

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.3913, 34.45449 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 2 1/2 MILE SE 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)

Agua Fria(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 013N 001W 20 NW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Informal Name = Walker Stock Or Walker Granodiorite;Rhyolite Dikes
    Rock description Informal Name = Walker Stock Or Walker Granodiorite;Rhyolite Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleozoic
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Cretaceous
    Chronological age 74
    Dating method K-Ar
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleozoic
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Cretaceous
    Chronological age 74
    Dating method K-Ar

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.3913, 34.45449
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Country Rocks Trends N10e To N40e
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Sometimes Parallel Regional Foliation

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing, Igneous Rock

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS VEIN IN CRET-PALEO WALKER GRANODIORITE. RHYOLITE DIKES LOCALLY ABUNDANT NEAR VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Walker District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 152.4M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1981 Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed) 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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