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Gold Hill Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Tellurium, Selenium
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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. Alteration
  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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048061
MRDS ID M800030
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Hill Mine
Alternate or previous names Gold Hill Claims
Related records 10234666

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.60464, 34.47116 (WGS84)
Elevation 1640
Relative position 1320 FT N 30 W FROM COMMON CORNER SECTIONS 29, 30, 31, 32

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wilhoit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Maria(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(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 013N 003W 30 SE OF SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 2.2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COMMERCIAL MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Tellurium Critical Tertiary
Selenium Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization, Argillization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.60464, 34.47116
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation N20e To N20w, Steep West Dip, Fissure Systems N60 To 75w And N55 To 70e

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Localized Along Fissure Systems In Addition To Disseminated Ore

Comments on the geologic information

  • TOURMALINE-QUARTZ VEINS WITH SMALL ORE SHOOTS OF GOLD AND COPPER

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1936
Year of last production 1936

Mining district

District name Finch District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ECON GEOL, V. 56 P. 916-940

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    JOHNSTON, W.P., 1955 PH.D., COPPER BASIN DEPOSITS, UNIV. OF UTAH, 130 PGS

  • Deposit

    CHRISTMAN, J., 1978, M.S. COPPER BASIN DISTRICT, UNIV. OF ARIZONA 78 PGS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN LINE C10, TE AND SE ARE MENTIONED IN REFERENCE F4 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

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