| Deposit ID | 10048051 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M800016 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Howard Silver Mine |
| Related records | 10234469 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.21185, 34.22784 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 853 |
| Relative position | 3.7 MILES SOUTH OF CLEATOR, ARIZONA |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Yavapai |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 010N | 001E | 24 | NE OF SW | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Meta-Basalt | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Prot | ||||||||
| Rock description | Prot | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| (1) | -112.21185, 34.22784 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Foliation Trends N-S |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Adjacent To Crazy Basin Batholith |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 50 W |
| Dip | 25 NE |
| Thickness | 1.22M |
| Length | 121.92M |
| Width | 76.2M |
| Depth to bottom | 121.92M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1925 |
| Year of first production | 1922 |
| Year of last production | 1924 |
| District name | Black Canyon District |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Howard Silver Co. |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.014HA |
| Length | 152.4M |
| Overall depth | 121.92M |
| Overall length | 121.92M |
| Overall width | 1.22M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M800016 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040251152 |
US GEOL SURVEY BULL 782, P. 159
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE
USBM I.C. 6905, P. 32
| 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 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1981 | Dewitt, Ed H. | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology |
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