Sheldon Superior Mine

Past Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead
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 10048135
MRDS ID M800170
Record type Site
Current site name Sheldon Superior Mine
Alternate or previous names Chase Mine, Chase Property, Black Lode Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.4188, 34.43144 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 1.4 MILES NORTH WEST OF MT. UNION LOOKOUT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Groom Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(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 12N 002W 36 NE OF NE (36); NW OF NE (36) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SHELDON SUPERIOR = CHASE PROPERTY. MAIN WORKINGS ON CHASE PROPERTY ON BLACK LODE CLAIM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Informal Name-Walker Stock Or Walker Granodiorite;
    Rock description Informal Name-Walker Stock Or Walker Granodiorite;
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleozoic
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Cretaceous
    Chronological age 74
    Dating method K-Ar
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleozoic
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Cretaceous
    Chronological age 74
    Dating method K-Ar

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.4188, 34.43144

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Country Rocks Trends N10e To N40e
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Sometimes Parallel Regional Follation

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 40 E
    Dip 80 E
    Thickness 2.74M
    Length 91.44M
    Width 30.48M
    Depth to bottom 100.58M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing Igneous Rock

Comments on the geologic information

  • RHYOLITE DIKES LOCALLY ABUNDANT NEAR VEINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1935
Year of last production 1954

Mining district

District name Mt. Union District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Rocky Mountain Mines, Inc (1940'S)
  • Type Owner
    Owner W. H. Cummings
    First year 1935

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.053HA
    Length 274.32M
    Overall depth 100.58M
    Overall length 121.92M
    Overall width 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT IS 330 FT DEEP. ONE TUNNEL 400 FT. LONG. LEVELS ON 100, 200 FT BELOW COLLAR OF SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • CLAIM GROUP INCLUDES BLACK LODE, BIG FOUR, HASSAYAMPA, RANCHE, WATERFALL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ 997.

  • Deposit

    AZ. DEPT. MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS VEIN IN CRET-PALEO WALKER GRANODIORITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-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.

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.