Lone Pine Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048045
MRDS ID M800009
Record type Site
Current site name Lone Pine Mine
Related records 10283770

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.24991, 34.46588 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 2.6 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF HUMBOLDT, ARIZONA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mayer(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)

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 001E 34 W2 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH SHAFT IS ON MAYER QUADRANGLE; SOUTH SHAFT IS ON POLAND JUNCTION QUADRANGLE. UTM COORDINATES FOR NORTH SHAFT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization, Silicification

Analytical data

Result GIBBS ESTIMATED TOTAL PRODUCTION AT 2763 TONS ORE AUERAGING 5.35% CU, 0.24 OZ/TON AU, 3.16 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.24991, 34.46588

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Bedding Trends N 10 E
Type of structure Local
Structure description Foliation Trends N 5 E

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N 25
    Dip 75 TO 80 E
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 365.76M
    Width 88.39M
    Depth to bottom 88.39M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphy

Comments on the geologic information

  • MASSIVE SULFIDE LENS IN METARHYOLITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895
Year of first production 1907
Year of last production 1956

Mining district

District name Big Bug District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Fred Gibbs, Prescott, Arizona
    First year 1970

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.449HA
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 88.39M
    Overall length 195.07M
    Overall width 24.38M

Comments on development

  • 3 PATENTED CLAIMS = CORPORAL, LONE PINE, ADMIRAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1336, P. 73

  • Deposit

    AZ DEPT MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MASSIVE ORE MAXIMUM THICKNESS = 20 FEET; DISSEMINATED ORE MAXIMUM THICKNESS = 100 FEET

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Dewitt, Ed H. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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