Howard Silver Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, 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 10048051
MRDS ID M800016
Record type Site
Current site name Howard Silver Mine
Related records 10234469

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.21185, 34.22784 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position 3.7 MILES SOUTH OF CLEATOR, ARIZONA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bumble Bee(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 010N 001E 24 NE OF SW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Meta-Basalt
    Rock unit name Prot
    Rock description Prot
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.21185, 34.22784

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation Trends N-S
Type of structure Local
Structure description Adjacent To Crazy Basin Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 50 W
    Dip 25 NE
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 121.92M
    Width 76.2M
    Depth to bottom 121.92M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOWARD SILVER DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN IN PRECAMBRIAN AMPHIBOLITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Year of first production 1922
Year of last production 1924

Mining district

District name Black Canyon District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Howard Silver Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.014HA
    Length 152.4M
    Overall depth 121.92M
    Overall length 121.92M
    Overall width 1.22M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    US GEOL SURVEY BULL 782, P. 159

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

  • Deposit

    USBM I.C. 6905, P. 32

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF SOUTHERN CROSS AND ALICE VEINS. IRON AGE AND D.J.H. VEINS NEARBY
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S

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.

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

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