Great Republic Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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 10048067
MRDS ID M800038
Record type Site
Current site name Great Republic Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.19963, 34.28255 (WGS84)
Elevation 981
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 1.9 MILES EAST OF CLEATOR, ARIZONA, Correct To Within 1000 Feet

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

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 011N 001E 36 SE OF SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 3 SHAFTS IN AREA. GREAT REPUBLIC LOCATION CORRECT TO WITHIN 1000 FEET

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization And Chloritization

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.19963, 34.28255

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation Trends Due North
Type of structure Local
Structure description Foliation And Trans Posed Bedding Trend Due North

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Thickness 4.57M
    Depth to bottom 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphy

Comments on the geologic information

  • MASSIVE SULFIDE LENS IN PRECAMBRIAN METAVOLCANIC ROCKS

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 1929
Year of last production 1929

Mining district

District name Kay District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sam A. Parker

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-81 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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