| Deposit ID | 10048073 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M800047 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Kit Carson Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Kit Carson Vein |
| Related records | 10162138 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.27546, 34.49449 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1567 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Yavapai(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Poland Junction(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
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)
Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Yavapai |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 013N | 001E | 20;21 | SE OF NE (20); NW (21) | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Ankerite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff | ||||||||
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| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff | ||||||||
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| Host or associated | Host | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Lower Unit Of Spud Mountain Volcanics | ||||||||
| Rock description | Lower Unit Of Spud Mountain Volcanics | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| (1) | -112.27546, 34.49449 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Foliation Trends N30e |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Veins Parallel Regional Foliation |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N40 TO N55E |
| Dip | 75 TO 85 SOUTHEAST |
| Thickness | 1.52M |
| Length | 1219.2M |
| Width | 30.48M |
| Depth to bottom | 30.48M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1897 |
| Year of first production | 1907 |
| Year of last production | 1926 |
| District name | Ticonderoga District |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Snyder, Goldwater, Or Olsen |
| First year | 1926 |
| Type of workings | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 30.48M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M800047 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040251253 |
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
USGS PP 467, P. 110
USGS PP 308, P. 169-170
USGS BULL 782, P. 126-127
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: LATE 1890'S |
| Deposit | KIT CARSON VEIN STRIKES SAME DIRECTION AS MCCABE-SILVER BELT VEIN. BUT DIPS TO THE SOUTHEAST INSTEAD OF THE NORTHWEST |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1981 | Dewitt, Ed H. | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology |
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