Columbia Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038173
MRDS ID M045469
Record type Site
Current site name Columbia Mine
Alternate or previous names Humbug Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.30991, 34.03395 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Relative position 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF PHOENIX.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Columbia(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

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 Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 008N 001W 13 E2 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH FLANK OF BRADSHAW MOUNTAINS. SEVERAL REFERENCES LOCATE THIS MINE IN THE ADJACENT BLACK CANYON DISTRICT RATHER THAN THE HUMBUG DISTRICT. LOCATION GIVEN IS ALONG HUMBUG CREEK NEAR COLUMBIA WHERE A SMALL TRIBUTARY ENTERS THE CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CONCENTRATE= 4 LBS FROM 250 LBS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result PT= .001 OZ/TON, AU= .0126 OZ/TON. $1.80/TON PT, $16.33/TON AU - RECALCULATES TO 33 PPB, 4.3 PPM AU.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.30991, 34.03395

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PROBABLY POCKETS AND BARS
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOLD IN DISTRICT IS DERIVED FROM GOLD VEINS INTERSECTING AND OFFSETTING RHYOLITE DIKES AND MORE LOCALLY FROM PRECAMBRIAN ORE DEPOSITS. VEINS STRIKE EAST-NORTHEAST AND HAVE AU>AG.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1913-1914

Mining district

District name Columbia District

Comments on the production information

  • NEARBY LODE PRODUCED 293 TONNES OF ORE IN 1913-1914 THAT RAN 12 PPM AU AND 6 PPM AG. SOME PLACER ORE WAS DERIVED FROM THIS LODE.

Comments on development

  • HYDROLOGIC UNIT CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HUMBUG DRAINAGE AREA EXTENDS 20 MI FROM SOUTH FLANK OF THE BRADSHAW MOUNTAINS.
Deposit INFO SRC: 1 PUB LIT.
Deposit SEE ALSO: MRDS M001139.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1982 Dewitt, Ed H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1989 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1989 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1989 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.