| Deposit ID | 10048080 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M800058 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Eldorado Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | El Dorado, Security, 4th of July Group |
| Related records | 10161838 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.26546, 34.05062 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 844 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
| Relative position | 6.5 MILES WEST OF BLACK CANYON CITY, Claim Maps And Mils Suggest Location In Center Of Sec 09 At Shaft |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Yavapai(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Columbia(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Yavapai |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 008N | 001E | 09 | NE OF SW | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cerargyrite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Polybasite | Ore |
| Pyrargyrite | Ore |
| Stibnite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | IN TIP TOP DISTRICT, AVERAGE AG:AU RATIO IS 6000:1. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| Rock unit name | Crazy Basin Quartz Monzonite; |
| Rock description | Crazy Basin Quartz Monzonite; |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| (1) | -112.26546, 34.05062 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Batholith (Quartz Monzonite) Rather Massive And Structureless |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 65 TO 70 E |
| Dip | STEEPLY NW |
| Length | 213.36M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1877 |
| District name | Tip Top District |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Wager |
| First year | 1920 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M800058 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040250687 |
AZ DEPT OF MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA
ABGMT - USBM FILE DATA
USGS BULL 782, P. 180.
ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES
KORTEMEIER, C.P., 1986, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE TIP TOP DISTRICT, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY DIGEST, V. XVI, P. 468-472.
CIMRI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | EL DORADO IS VEIN SYSTEM CUTTING PROTEROZOIC QUARTZ MONZONITE. |
| Deposit | THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D002389 OF J.W. HASLER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: LATE 1870'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-81 | Dewitt, Ed H. | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-93 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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