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Silver Cord Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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  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 10048053
MRDS ID M800019
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Cord Mine
Alternate or previous names Silver Cord, Gold Crown, Infant, Cutter
Related records 10234551

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.20602, 34.25477 (WGS84)
Elevation 981
Relative position 2.3 MILES SOUTHEAST 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

Cleator(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 12 SW OF SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • MAIN SILVER CORD WORKINGS ARE ON SILVER CORD AND INFANT CLAIMS. CUTTER CLAIM IS APPARENTLY SOUTHWEST OF INFANT CLAIM AND ACROSS TURKEY CREEK. CUTTER IS REFERRED TO AS SEPARATE MINE

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Andesite Dikes
    Rock description Andesite Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1740
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1740
    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) -112.20602, 34.25477
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Rocks Trends N-S, Dips Vertically
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Do Not Parallel Foliation

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 80 E IN NORTH; N 0 E IN SOUTH
    Dip 10 TO 15 SE; MAY BE FLAT
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 1371.6M
    Width 121.92M
    Depth to bottom 121.92M
  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 80 E IN NORTH; N 0 E IN SOUTH
    Dip 10 TO 15 SE; MAY BE FLAT

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • SILVER CORD IS VEIN DEPOSIT NOT SPECIFICALLY SPATIALLY RELATED TO MIOCENE DIKE, BUT BELIEVED TO BE SAME GENERAL AGE AS DIKES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1877
Year of first production 1910
Year of last production 1970

Mining district

District name Black Canyon District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tom Cleator, Silver Cord Mining
  • Type Owner
    Owner Tom Cleator, Cleator, Arizona-Star Route. Bumble Bee, Arizona

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.053HA
    Length 365.76M
    Overall depth 121.92M
    Overall length 365.76M
    Overall width 1.52M

Comments on the workings information

  • UNPATENTED CLAIM GROUP CONTAINS THREE CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    AZ. DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    USBM I.C. 6905, P. 29-31.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL 782, P. 158.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILVER CORD CLAIM GROUP CONTAINS FOLLOWING CONTIGUOUS CLAIMS: SILVER CORD, INFANT, CUTTER.
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1870'S
Deposit VEIN IS QUITE FLAT. VEIN TRENDS E-W ON SILVER CORD CLAIM AND N-S ON INFANT CLAIM. VEIN IS MAXIMUM 5 FT THICK BUT AVERAGES 1 FT THICK.

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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