Arizona Klondyke Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Manganese
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. 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. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046182
MRDS ID M241017
Record type Site
Current site name Arizona Klondyke Mine
Alternate or previous names Arizona and Klondyke Group, Denmark, Bean, Hyde
Related records 10233685

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.58398, 32.19706 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position APPROX 3 MI NE OF DOS CABEZAS , N END OF BEAN CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dos Cabezas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willcox Playa(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 014S 027E 22 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 SEC 22, UTM EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Silver Ore
Wad Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Bisbee Group, Includes Limestone And Schistose Rocks
    Rock description Bisbee Group, Includes Limestone And Schistose Rocks

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.58398, 32.19706

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description E-W Fault S Of Mine Juxtaposes Precambrian Quartz Monzonite To South With Cretaceous Bisbee Group

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Fault And Fracture Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE ALONG FAULT FISSURES CUTTING SCHISTOSE ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mascot District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bean, Hyde
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bean, Hyde
    First year 1973

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW HUNDRED TONS OF ORE PRODUCED FROM 1884 TO 1933.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND SURFACE WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 60.

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L. L., STEWART, L. A., AND DELONG, C. W., 1961, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990, P. 41-42.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MILS, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES COMPUTER DATA BANK, 1978A.

  • Deposit

    COOPER, J. R., 1960, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-231.

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR QUARTZ VEIN ALONG FAULT IN CRETACEOUS METAMORPHIC ROCKS AND MANGANESE REPLACEMENT BODIES IN LIMY BEDS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1981 Gest, Don E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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