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Mountain Springs Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Copper, Thorium, Uranium, Molybdenum
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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. 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. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048140
MRDS ID M800182
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain Springs Mine
Related records 10234512

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.22216, 34.54948 (WGS84)
Elevation 1189
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 6 MILES SW OF LAWLER PEAK , 3 MI SSW OF BAGDAD, No Utm Markings On Map. Lat-Long Used For Location

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bagdad(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bagdad(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 014N 009W 17 NW OF SW OF SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • MINE LOCATED NORTH OF MOUNTAIN SPRING, SOUTH OF SPRING PEAK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Thorium Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Hemimorphite Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Analytical data

Result U AND TH PRESENT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Diorite Porphyry;Aplite
    Rock description Diorite Porphyry;Aplite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • 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
    Rock unit name Butte Falls Tuff;Dick Rhyolite
    Rock description Butte Falls Tuff;Dick Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.22216, 34.54948
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N10e To N40e
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Dikes And Foliation. Mountain Spring Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Dip STEEP
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 457.2M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to bottom 13.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN THAT CUTS PRECAMBRIAN METAVOLCANIC UNITS. VEINS ARE GENETICALLY RELATED TO LATE CRETACEOUS-PALEOCENE DIORITE PORPHYRY DIKES AND APLITE DIKES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1941
Year of last production 1951

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Toledo Mining Corp.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Lynch And Lawler
    First year 1945

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL SHIPMENTS OF HAND SORTED ORE HAVE BEEN MADE INTERMITTENTLY SINCE 1942. ONE SHIPMENT AVERAGED 25% PB, 1% CU, 19 OZ/TON AG

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60.96M
    Overall depth 13.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS, EACH 45 FT DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AZ DEPT MIN RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 156, PART 1 P. 136-137

  • Deposit

    USGS P.P. 278 P. 93 AND GEOLOGIC MAP

  • Deposit

    US-AEC PRR-AP-77 (1953)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OXIDIZED FROM 1 TO 50 FT DEEP, VEINS ARE FORMED ALONG THE MOUNTAIN SPRINGS FAULT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-81 Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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